David Golden

A young rape victim tries desperately to pick up the pieces of her life, only to find herself at the mercy of a would-be rescuer.

賭けビリヤードのプロ、エディは、ミネソタ・ファッツと呼ばれる男に勝負をいどんだ。優勢に進んでいた試合も、エディが油断して酒を飲んだとたん逆転してしまう。その勝負で全ての財産を失ったエディは、次第に生活がすさんでいく。だが、愛する女性に自殺されたとき、彼は再びファッツに挑むのだった……。ひとりのハスラーを主人公に、人生の挫折と苦渋を描く。

Night Journey, the dance, had its premiere only two and a half years after Appalachian Spring, and it is a close cousin. It too has a stream-of-consciousness narration: Jocasta, as she is about to kill herself, remembering what has happened to her. It too contains soul-delving solos, broken up by ensemble dances. Here, however, the ensemble is a darker element. As the story was taken from Greek tragedy, so the corps is the equivalent of Greek tragedy’s chorus. They tell us how to feel: afraid mostly. In this piece Graham pushed her habitual economy to its limits.

A filmed version of Aaron Copland's most famous ballet, with its original star, who also choreographed.