soft cracks, hard curves

Name: soft cracks, hard curves - Isadora Tomasi
Start: 2026-11-27T20:00:00+01:00
Location: Frascati, Amsterdam

Isadora Tomasi

Wed 25 Nov - Fri 27 Nov

A journey into the gaze of others and the tension between wanting to be seen and wanting to feel safe.

Wed 25 Nov

Fri 27 Nov

Wed 25 Nov

20:00

try-out

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 4

Tickets

Thu 26 Nov

20:00

premiere 

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 4

Tickets

Fri 27 Nov

20:00

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 4

Tickets

“The moment I slipped on my hyperfemininity costume, my self-confidence changed – like I’d just done a line of coke.”
— Virginie Despentes, King Kong Theory

Isadora: "I’ve always resisted the sexualisation of my own body. Since developing curves as a teenager, I have hidden them under baggy clothes to avoid unwanted attention. I carry a constant tension between wanting to be seen and wanting to stay safe. This tension is the reason I like to engage with practices around sexualisation. A way to better understand the complexity of my own identity. Indeed, personal experience plays a significant role in my work. I believe that for a work to be relatable, it needs to be deeply close to me. It is in these core experiences that similarities with others often emerge."

soft cracks, hard curves is a solo performance about how clothing shapes the way we are seen, and how the gaze of others influences our perception of ourselves. Through choreography, electronic music and storytelling, Isadora Tomasi moves between gender, sexuality and safety.

Clothing becomes both costume and tool, a way to negotiate power, visibility and desire.

soft cracks, hard curves is the second part of an ongoing series exploring questions around gender. Following the duo big small otherwise, Isadora shifts into solo work, creating a more intimate and direct encounter with the audience.

Duration: 50 mins.
Language: English

Credits

concept, performance & sound Isadora Tomasi dramaturgy Konstantinos Chatzikypraios costume design Jelena Bondt set design Morgana Machado Marques light design Niels Runderkamp creative producer Michael Scerbo production Anca Turtoi outside eye Daniela Bershan and Maciej Sado residency partners workspacebrussels, Theater de Generator and CAVE co-produced by Frascati Theatre funded by AFK, Norma, Cultuurfonds and Amarte thanks to Nonna Betty, Rose Akras, Rita Bifulco, Felix Schellekens, Fernando Belfiore, Marco Croci, Genevieve Murphy, Ainhoa Hernandez Escudero, Riet Meeus, Cornelia (Coco) Hefting, Jonny Tudor, Belle de Wit and Fariborz Karimi

About Isadora Tomasi

Isadora Tomasi (she/they) is an Amsterdam-based performance and sound artist. She graduated from the DAS Theatre master’s programme in 2023 and received her bachelor’s degree in Mime from the Amsterdam University of the Arts (AHK) in 2015. Their practice moves between performance, dance, writing, music and sound art. Isadora places a strong emphasis on collaboration and dialogue and has presented their work within local and international artistic communities.

Influenced by queer and feminist thinkers, Isadora challenges fixed ideas around gender and identity. Personal experience plays an important role in their practice. Through discomfort and self-exploration, she looks at systems shaped by power, exclusion and violence. The larger social context can sometimes feel overwhelming. That is why Isadora also focuses on the ‘micro’: on small moments and changes that can create space for different ways of thinking and living together. In their work, she looks for alternatives to patterns that keep repeating themselves.