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Capturing Grace (Film)
Documentary Screening & Talk-Back
When
Monday, March 4, 2024, 7:00 PM EST
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Where
Princeton Garden Theatre: 160 Nassau St | Princeton, NJ 08542
Tickets
$14 General/$12 Garden Theatre Members & PUC Subscribers/$9 Students. Tickets are available for purchase through the Princeton Garden Theatre.
Dave Iverson is a masterful storyteller...Capturing Grace is a poignant reflection on the strength and resilience of the human spirit."
Michael J. Fox
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About the Event
Following our “Healing with Music” event exploring the intersection of Music, Dance, & Parkinson’s the day prior, learn more about the Mark Morris Dance Group’s Dance for PD® program through this award-winning documentary that follows individuals with Parkinson’s as they prepare to stage a first-ever dance performance. Through determination, adversity, and contending with doubt, “Capturing Grace” highlights the transformative power of art and the strength of the human spirit.
A post-screening talkback with director and Dance for PD® participant Dave Iverson will conclude the event.
A Note from Director Dave Iverson:
“Capturing Grace is a story about two realms. One is occupied by some of the most acclaimed modern dancers in the world. The other is inhabited by a group of people with Parkinson’s disease. This film is about what happens when those worlds intersect. For me, it’s also a personal story. I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s eight years ago, the third member of my family to receive that news. A few years after my diagnosis, my colleagues at Kikim Media and I made a film about Parkinson’s for the PBS Frontline series called My Father, My Brother and Me . It was during that production that I first learned about the Mark Morris Dance Group’s unique partnership with people with Parkinson’s from the Brooklyn Parkinson Group. Later, I did a short profile of the program for the PBS NewsHour, but I’ve always felt there was a deeper story to be told. This is a film about rediscovery, the rediscovery of a lighter step and the sweetness of motion. And it’s a story about a remarkable community of dancers–some professional, some not–but all coming together to move in space…and in doing so, rediscovering grace. And it is in that rediscovery that each becomes whole.”
Read More About Event
Following our “Healing with Music” event exploring the intersection of Music, Dance, & Parkinson’s the day prior, learn more about the Mark Morris Dance Group’s Dance for PD® program through this award-winning documentary that follows individuals with Parkinson’s as they prepare to stage a first-ever dance performance. Through determination, adversity, and contending with doubt, “Capturing Grace” highlights the transformative power of art and the strength of the human spirit.
A post-screening talkback with director and Dance for PD® participant Dave Iverson will conclude the event.
A Note from Director Dave Iverson:
“Capturing Grace is a story about two realms. One is occupied by some of the most acclaimed modern dancers in the world. The other is inhabited by a group of people with Parkinson’s disease. This film is about what happens when those worlds intersect. For me, it’s also a personal story. I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s eight years ago, the third member of my family to receive that news. A few years after my diagnosis, my colleagues at Kikim Media and I made a film about Parkinson’s for the PBS Frontline series called My Father, My Brother and Me . It was during that production that I first learned about the Mark Morris Dance Group’s unique partnership with people with Parkinson’s from the Brooklyn Parkinson Group. Later, I did a short profile of the program for the PBS NewsHour, but I’ve always felt there was a deeper story to be told. This is a film about rediscovery, the rediscovery of a lighter step and the sweetness of motion. And it’s a story about a remarkable community of dancers–some professional, some not–but all coming together to move in space…and in doing so, rediscovering grace. And it is in that rediscovery that each becomes whole.”
