“Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.”

Book of Ruth 1:16-18

 

Inspired by Naomi and Ruth’s story of devotion from the Book of Ruth, this project was designed in part as a site-specific piece and as a lecture-demonstration.

 

Created with support from Spark and Echo Arts and 1450 Ocean/Camera Obscura Studio Artist in Residence program.

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Choreographed and written by Christine Suarez in collaboration with the performers.

Performed by Rebeca Hernandez and Carol McDowell

 

Performed at 1450 Ocean/Camera Obscura in Santa Monica, CA, August 29, 2015