Night Journey
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"Night Journey" is a landmark modern dance work choreographed by Martha Graham that reimagines the Oedipus myth from Jocasta’s psychological perspective.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Night Journey canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Night Journey Context triple: [Martha Graham, notableWork, Night Journey]
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Night Journey
The Night Journey is the miraculous nocturnal voyage of the Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Jerusalem and then through the heavens, commemorated in Islamic tradition as a pivotal spiritual and theological event.
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B.
Al Rihla
Al Rihla is the specially designed Adidas football used as the official match ball of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, featuring advanced aerodynamics and a design inspired by Qatari culture.
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C.
The Journey
The Journey is a film score composed by Academy Award–winning British composer Stephen Warbeck.
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D.
The Journey
"The Journey" is a song by the British ska band The Specials, released under their pseudonym Palookaville.
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E.
The Journey
The Journey is a literary work by American author Robert Paul Smith, best known for his reflective, character-driven storytelling.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Night Journey Target entity description: "Night Journey" is a landmark modern dance work choreographed by Martha Graham that reimagines the Oedipus myth from Jocasta’s psychological perspective.
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A.
Night Journey
The Night Journey is the miraculous nocturnal voyage of the Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Jerusalem and then through the heavens, commemorated in Islamic tradition as a pivotal spiritual and theological event.
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B.
Al Rihla
Al Rihla is the specially designed Adidas football used as the official match ball of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, featuring advanced aerodynamics and a design inspired by Qatari culture.
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C.
The Journey
The Journey is a film score composed by Academy Award–winning British composer Stephen Warbeck.
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D.
The Journey
"The Journey" is a song by the British ska band The Specials, released under their pseudonym Palookaville.
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E.
The Journey
The Journey is a literary work by American author Robert Paul Smith, best known for his reflective, character-driven storytelling.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballet and dance production
ⓘ
modern dance work ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Oedipus myth
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Sophocles’ tragedy Oedipus Rex ⓘ
linked to:
Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex"
|
| character |
Chorus of women
ⓘ
Tiresias ⓘ |
| choreographer | Martha Graham ⓘ |
| choreographicForm | psychological drama ⓘ |
| company | Martha Graham Dance Company ⓘ |
| composer | William Schuman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Martha Graham ⓘ |
| dramaturgicalFocus | Jocasta’s final moments before suicide ⓘ |
| firstPerformerOfRole Jocasta | Martha Graham ⓘ |
| firstPerformerOfRole Oedipus | Bertram Ross ⓘ |
| genre | modern dance ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | landmark work of 20th-century modern dance ⓘ |
| language | none (wordless dance) ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Jocasta
ⓘ
Oedipus ⓘ |
| movementVocabulary | contractions and releases characteristic of Graham technique ⓘ |
| musicBy | William Schuman ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | Jocasta’s psychological perspective ⓘ |
| premiereCity | New York City ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1947 ⓘ |
| premiereVenue | Ziegfeld Theatre ⓘ |
| prop |
Noguchi-designed bed-throne
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rope symbolizing umbilical cord and noose ⓘ |
| recordedIn | television and film adaptations of Martha Graham’s works ⓘ |
| repertoire | core work of the Martha Graham Dance Company repertoire ⓘ |
| setDesigner | Isamu Noguchi ⓘ |
| setting |
ancient Thebes (mythic)
ⓘ
linked to:
Thebes
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| structure | flashback ⓘ |
| style |
Martha Graham technique
ⓘ
linked to:
Martha Graham
|
| subject | retelling of Greek tragedy from a female viewpoint ⓘ |
| subjectOf | dance scholarship and feminist reinterpretations of Greek tragedy ⓘ |
| theme |
fate
ⓘ
guilt ⓘ incest ⓘ memory ⓘ psychological conflict ⓘ |
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