In Nulla dies sine linea, , whip cracking becomes a sonic and symbolic gesture through which to question the feminine. The whip, an instrument historically charged with images of power, control, and violence, is re-approached by a female body that shifts its meaning: the gesture does not dominate, but listens; it does not impose itself, but measures. Roberta Racis’s performance is a writing for a body, whip, and voice in which movement arises from a research into sound. Each crack inscribes the space, generates rhythm, and opens pauses and silences. The dance responds to these sonic traces with precision and fragility, alternating tension and release. The sound does not accompany the action: it guides it, interrupts it, and calls it into question. Through repetition, fatigue, and risk, the dance constructs an intimate landscape in which the body becomes both source and resonating chamber. The stage thus transforms into a space of radical listening, of dialogue between gesture and sound, and of openness to transformation.
Ph. Fabio Artese
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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