The Future Roma Theatre | Mihaela Dragan | TEDxEroilor

Stereotypes about Roma women will be broken and more than that, Romani culture will be celebrated. As a Roma woman and actress herself, Mihaela talks fearlessly about integration, attributes that the society sets when it comes to Roma women and more than that about how can we integrate these minorities in the cultural life.


Mihaela Drăgan is a Roma actress, activist and playwright, who lives and works in Bucharest. Her performances focus on the connection between theatre, Roma identity and social justice. She is the president of the Roma Actors Association and the president of the board of E-Romnja – The Association for Promoting Roma Women’s Rights. In 2014, she founded Giuvlipen Theatre Company, the first Roma feminist theatre group, formed by professional actresses of Roma origins in Bucharest. Their latest performance, Gadjo Dildo, talks about sexuality, love, queerness and exotization of Roma women. She studied acting and Romani language and collaborated over the years with Logos Theatre and Theatre for Few in projects that focused on expressionism, eurhythmics and acrobatics.


This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx