20.06.2026 /8:30 PM
Project supported by CROSS Residence
In collaboration with MAGGIORE_DANZA
In Nulla dies sine linea il , whip cracking becomes a sonic and symbolic gesture through which to interrogate femininity. The whip, an instrument historically laden with images of power, control and violence, is reinterpreted by a female body that shifts its meaning: the gesture does not dominate, but listens; it does not impose, but measures. Roberta Racis' performance is a script for body, whip and voice in which movement arises from research into sound. Each crack engraves the space, generates rhythm, opens pauses and silences. The dance responds to these sound tracks with precision and fragility, alternating tension and abandonment. Through repetition, effort and risk, the dance constructs an intimate landscape in which the body becomes a source and a sounding board. The stage is thus transformed into a place of radical listening, of dialogue between gesture and sound, and of openness to transformation.
Roberta Racis is a choreographer, dancer, and performer. Since 2018 she has developed her research as a guest artist in European and international projects (Performing Gender, D&D Dance and Dramaturgy, Crisol Creative Processes) and has presented her works at numerous festivals in Italy and abroad, including Romaeuropa Festival, FOG Triennale Milano, Fabbrica Europa, Santarcangelo Festival, City of Women Ljubljana, Nottdance Nottingham, Dance Nucleus Singapore, and Attakkalari India Biennial. She is co-founder of Collettivo MINE, with which she collaborated until 2023. With Atto Bianco she inaugurates a new phase of research centered on the relationship between movement and voice and on a ritual and transformative female gaze. She is currently a performer in projects by Sciarroni, Cosimi, Marilungo, Giannini, and Novembrini, and has been a Dance Well teacher since 2024.
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