MFA Dance Thesis: FREEdomLand by Bobi Lott

FREEdomLand is a performative healing ritual that asks spectators to participate in this groundbreaking work. Drawing upon inspiration from Katherine Dunham’s dance technique, this performance will evoke the rich traditions of Black Americans in the South. FREEdomLand’s depiction of unmarked Black burial grounds and the remains of the unearthed Black Americans of the Lowcountry will pierce and enrapture audiences with this ethnographically detailed historical work.

Bobi Lott

Bobi Lott, of South Central Los Angeles, is a proud educator, dancer, anthropologist, world traveler, and believer that dance transforms lives. Her dance career began as a young ballerina of Leimert Park’s Dance Wonderland. She was trained in classical ballet, jazz, tap, and modern dance under the direction of Carolyn Skyers and Karen McDonald. While attending CCSF in 1999, Bobi was introduced to the Katherine Dunham Dance Technique by Alicia Pierce, with whom she first traveled to East St. Louis, Illinois, to attend the International Dunham Dance Technique Seminar. Bobi is currently a Katherine Dunham freelance researcher studying the technique under the tutelage of Ruby Streate. 

Bobi's performance is part of the MFA Graduate Performances. For more information and tickets, visit this site.