Roberta Racis

Nulla dies sine linea

15 October 2026, Gorizia

Productions

⟶ Thursday 15 October 2026, 6.00 pm
Visavì Dance Festival, Gorizia

In Nulla dies sine linea, whipcracking (the crack of an acrobatic whip) becomes a sonic and symbolic gesture through which to explore the feminine. The whip, an instrument historically laden with images of power, control and violence, is re-appropriated by a female body that shifts its meaning: the gesture does not dominate, but listens; it does not impose, but measures. A piece for body, whip and voice in which movement arises from an exploration of sound as a choreographic medium. Each crack marks the space, generates rhythm, and creates pauses and silences. The body responds to these sonic traces with a dance of precision and fragility, alternating between tension and surrender. Sound does not merely accompany the action: it guides it, interrupts it, and challenges it. The feminine emerges as an embodied, complex and unresolved practice. Through repetition, exertion and risk, the solo performance constructs an intimate landscape in which the body becomes both a source and a sounding board. The stage is thus transformed into a place of radical listening, where gesture and sound mutually reshape one another, opening up a space of possibility and transformation.

Concept, choreography, dance: Roberta Racis
Whipcracking instructor: Mordjane Mira
Sound: Emanuele Pontecorvo
Lighting design: Mattia Bagnoli
Dramaturgical guidance: Gaia Clotilde Chernetich, Martina Badiluzzi
Mentoring: Alessandro Sciarroni
Whips: Silverwhips\ Sylvia Rosat
Photography: Fabio Artese
Production: Fuorimargine – Sardinian Centre for Dance and Performing Arts Production
With the support of: Snaporazverein, Ira Institute, Tuscany Residency Centre (Armunia – CapoTrave/Kilowatt), IntercettAzioni – Lombardy Centre for Artistic Residencies / Teatro delle Moire, PimOff Milan, Cross Festival Verbania, Artisti Associati / FGV Centre for Performing Arts Residencies