Revealing the Inner CoreIn 1930 Martha Graham formed her own dance company abandoning the classical form of modern dance and replacing it with a sharp, angular, and sexually charged aesthetic. His inspiration usually came from Greek mythology, history, art, or social commentary. (Martha Graham's Legacy in Modern Dance History, 2011) Graham's philosophy was to reveal the inner core of man: "I wanted to begin," he said, "not with characters or ideas but with movement... I wanted a movement significant. I didn't." I wanted it to be beautiful or fluid, I wanted it to be full of inner meaning, excitement and impetus. (Martha Graham, n.d.).Martha Graham uses unique and symbolic contemporary to manipulate elements of contemporary dance. Through her technique she helps communicate the inner core of man, one of which is Jocosta in Night Journey choreographed by Martha Graham in 1894 explores and portrays the strength and struggles of female characters. In Night Journey rather than telling the story of Oedipus, the main male character, as written by Sophocles, Graham focused on the female perspective of Jocasta, Oedipus' mother, queen and wife. (Dodge, 2007). Graham focuses on Jocasta, the main protagonist, who discovers that she has married her son Oedipus. The dance begins at the moment of Jocasta's suicide while she stands still on the stage with a thin rope in her hands, even more complexly following her memories that haunt her and inevitably lead to her death. Martha Graham has skillfully choreographed symbolic representations and motifs to convey Jocasta's emotions of desperation, grief, pain, love, and loss, while also conveying the impending doom she is about to become. of Jocasta. She too......middle of paper......ks that encompasses and portrays both the strength and struggle of the protagonist Jocasta. Graham establishes and produces choreographic content that embodies these qualities. The symbolism of "impending doom" and "power" was successfully portrayed through the use of the character of Tiresias himself. In which he represented unstoppable destiny through his imposing character, his recurring arabesques indicating power along with the use of his staff. While "symbolism" was effectively conveyed through Jocasta's stiff, strong and sharp movements in conjunction with the rope which symbolically represented suicide and the bond with Oedipus as a son and lover. Using movement and non-movement components, particularly the use of props and costumes, Graham successfully communicates his choreographic intent for Night Journey by revealing the man's inner core..