In Atto Bianco, dance, voice, and singing structure the action in a synergistic way, composing an homage to the maternal and to the “white act” of Romantic ballet. The work emerges from a personal experience of loss, which is transformed into choreographic and vocal material. Mourning is not approached as a narrative theme, but as a physical, temporal, and emotional state that permeates the body, altering its perception, rhythm, and presence. Traditionally associated with the representation of ethereal female figures suspended between life and death, the “white act” is here reactivated as a symbolic device through which to investigate the body as a site of memory.
Roberta Racis | Choreographer and dancer, since 2018 she has developed her choreographic research as a guest artist in several European and international projects (Performing Gender, D&D Dance and Dramaturgy, Crisol Creative Processes). Her works have been presented at national and international festivals (Yorkshire Dance Leeds, Nottdance Nottingham, City of Women Ljubljana, Paso a 2 Certamen Coreografico Madrid, Theaterfestival Boulevard’s-Hertogenbosch, Dans Brabant Tilburg, Romaeuropa Festival, FOG Triennale Milano Performing Arts, Fabbrica Europa, Gender Bender Festival, Santarcangelo Festival, Dance Nucleus Festival Singapore, Macau CDE Springboard Macao, Attakkalari India Biennale, Semana da Cena Italiana Contemporanea di São Paulo). She is one of the founders of the Collettivo Mine, with whom she actively collaborated until 2023 on works such as Esercizi per un manifesto poetico (Aerowaves Twenty22 Artist, NID New Italian Dance Platform 2022, DNA – Appunti Coreografici), Corpi Elettrici, and Living like I know I’m gonna die. With Atto Bianco, she opens a new phase of her artistic research, exploring the interaction between movement and voice and initiating a series of works in which the female gaze is central to ritual and transformative creations. She completed her training at the Balletto di Toscana school and began her career as a dancer, working in Italy, Portugal, Belgium, and France with CPBC (Companhia Portuguesa de Bailado Contemporâneo) under Vasco Wellenkamp and with the Italian company Balletto di Roma, performing works by Alessandro Sciarroni, Chris Haring (Liquid Loft), Itamar Serussi Sahar, Paolo Mangiola, Francesca Pennini, Giorgia Ohanesian Nardin, and Chiara Frigo. She has collaborated with Alexandra Bachzetsis, Masako Matsushita, Igor x Moreno, Natalia Vallebona, and Yassine Payne. She is currently involved in creations such as Turning_Orlando’s Version and Augusto by Alessandro Sciarroni, Coefore Rock & Roll by Enzo Cosimi, Stuporosa and Cani Lunari by Francesco Marilungo, Nico Desertshore by Giovanfrancesco Giannini, and Vanitas, co-signed with Giovanfrancesco Giannini and Fabio Novembrini. Since 2024 she has been a Dance Well – movement research for Parkinson teacher.
Project, choreography, performance Roberta Racis
Sound and live music Samuele Cestola
Dramaturgical collaboration Martina Badiluzzi
Dramaturgical consultancy Dea Merlini
Technical direction Mattia Bagnoli
Text editing Gaia Clotilde Chernetich
Production Oscenica
In co-production with Primavera dei Teatri, Fabbrica Europa
With the support of Inteatro Polverigi, Teatro Politeama Mario Foglietti, Fondazione Armunia, Operaestate Festival / CSC di Bassano del Grappa
