Aurora Bulgarelli, a researcher in general and social pedagogy at Link University, leads a dialogue with the companies of the Roma Heroes—Reclaiming the Ordinary Festival on the relationship between art, education, and participation.
A discussion of theatre and artistic practices as tools for expression, connection, and the shared construction of citizenship.
Panelists
About the Roma Heroes—Reclaiming the Ordinary Festival
An international Roma theatre festival in Rome, Italy 3–11 October 2026 hosted by Rampa Prenestina brings together five theatre companies from five European countries—Italy, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania—united by the desire to bring an authentic and contemporary representation of Roma communities to the stage, challenging stereotypes and established narratives.
The festival takes its name from the figure of the “Roma hero,” but at the same time questions its meaning. While it recognizes the stories of resistance, strength, and survival that permeate Roma communities, it also seeks to deconstruct the idea that recognition must necessarily come through exceptionality.
Reclaiming the Ordinary, in other words, asserts the right to exist in one’s daily complexity, outside the dichotomy between “good Roma” and “bad Roma,” affirming normality as a political space of dignity, self-determination, and presence.
