GRACE
A surreal cinematic experience created by Erin Vonder Haar and directed by Kevin Frey
About the project:
In the fall of 2024, Erin Vonder Haar began having visions—fragments of dancers moving through collapsing landscapes, a lone figure appearing again and again, and a story without words pulling her toward something sacred. Weeks later, her grandmother passed away. She left Erin a gift—one final offering—that would become the seed for a short film rooted in grief, memory, and spiritual presence.
GRACE is the story of Tyler, a young man haunted by the loss of someone he loved. Across shifting realities, he begins to encounter the same mysterious figure—pulling him through fractured memories, alternate timelines, and unspoken grief. Through movement and visual metaphor, GRACE explores the question: how do we make peace with the unknown, and what remains of us in the spaces between?
Told without traditional dialogue, the film blends original choreography, surreal visuals, and live audio recordings of the filmmaker’s late grandmother—who, in a sense, narrates the journey from beyond. The story is less linear than it is felt, designed to echo the way grief warps time and how the body remembers what the mind forgets.
More than a dance film, GRACE is a cinematic ritual. It brings together over 30 creatives—dancers, designers, filmmakers, composers—from Los Angeles, Dallas, Seattle, New York, Chicago, and beyond. It’s a community-powered offering made possible through generosity, vision, and the quiet force of legacy.
We follow the characters across natural landscapes, other timelines and a primordial void, through dream states and grounded truth. And as Tyler learns to loosen his grip on control, he begins to glimpse the GRACE that’s been with him all along.
Impact & Invitation
Your donation supports dancers, choreographers, filmmakers, editors, and designers—freelance artists working at the intersection of grief, healing, and creation. This film doesn’t just honor a legacy—it builds one.
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