Scenography Matters: Performing Romani Identities as Strategy and Critique

This chapter employs scenography as a framework to analyse examples of site-based performance currently being produced amongst Romani Communities in Europe. It draws on the findings of the AHRC funded research network ‘Performing Romani Identities: Strategy and Critique’ (PRISaC), launched in January 2015, that culminated in an international symposium and performance in London in June of the same year. Along with creating interconnections among Romani artists, activists and scholars working in performance in key sites in Europe; Alicante, Bucharest, Budapest, Paris and London, the network had a remit to:
Look to the future place and practice of [Romani] performance in multiple venues, including traditional arts institutions, Romani neighbourhoods and in diverse public spaces, acknowledging the particular challenges around the site specificity and target audience of each performance.

Arts and Humanities Research Council
AHRC Application 2013 Ref AHM000044/1