IVETTE ROMÁN-ROBERTO
EXPERIMENTAL VOCALIST – COMMUNITY ARTIST CV
2023
Appeared in the documental FENOMENAL by Merian Soto and Viveca Vázquez, about the performance arts scene of Puerto Rico in the 1990. Showings: New York City, Puerto Rico – Fall 2023 Austin, Houston
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2022
Concert at Lawndale Art Center with Laura Dykes, Jason Jackson, Lysette Portano, Ethan Adkison, and Gavin Kenyon; curated by David Dove
Concert at Lawndale Art Center with Jason Jackson, Gavin Kenyon, Ruthie Langton, Regan McKee, and James Murphy; curated by David Dove
2021
Réquiem in Houston; Directing this community voice improvisation project with the theme of loss and death at TBH – Sponsored by the National Performance Network through MECA
Réquiem in Puerto Rico; Directed this voice improvisation project in the community of Barrio Obrero; included as part of the NOVENARIO exhibition curated by Dr.Lydia Platón at the Contemporary Museum of Puerto Ricos, and sponsored by the Flamboyán Foundation
Réquiem in Houston; Lawndale Art Center, invited by David Dove, Nameless Sound
2020
Duo with Stallina Villareal interpreting the score written by John Pluecker, Birds, based on A Song of Two by Luce Irigarry
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2019
Playing a part at Beatriz Santiago Muñoz’s film, Verano de Mujeres, filmed at EMPAC, New York
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The Lean, Bleak concert series at Space HL – Singing with Justin Jones
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Concert to honor Pauline Oliveros at Discovery Green, Houston, TX
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Singing with the Feral Choir directed Phil Minton at The Hill of James Magee, El Paso, TX
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Performing with Michael Thieke, clarinet (Der lange Schatten, – Germany) – clarinet, and Juan Garcia double bass (CEPROMUSIC, Mexico City) at MECA, Nameless Sound, Houston
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Singer/Activator for Okwui Okpokwasili’s Sitting on a Man’s Head – CounterCurrent Festival
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Duo with Gabriel Martinez (drums) will be performing in conversation with Lina Dib’s installation, North to South and Back – at Space HL
http://www.linadib.com/works/north-to-south-and-back/
Duo with poet Stalina Villareal at the event REELpoetry, curated by Toni Holland – MATCH Theater
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2018
Improvisation duo with trumpet player, Birgit Ulher, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
Houston Carpediem
Houston Press
Singing with the Feral Choir directed by Phil Minton, Classical Theater Company, Houston, TX
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Duo with Stalina Villareal at Lawndale Art Center, Nameless Sound, Houston, TX
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Performing in a quartet with Keisha Cassel, Sonia Flores, and Alauna Rubin at Lawndale Art Center – They Who Sound
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2017
Acuerdo de Música Libre: Houston – (MX) Sarmen Almond, Rolando Cantú, Juan García – (US) Denis Cisneros, Ryan Edwards, Jason Jackson, Ivette-Román-Roberto at MECA – Nameless Sound – Houston
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2016
Music Improvisation, speaking and sharing with students of the University of Houston
http://www.desertunit.org/
Duo with Maggie Nicols – Dan Flavin Installation, Menil Museum, Houston, TX
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Actress and vocalist at the show, AUGUR by Karen Langevin, Center of Fine Arts of Puerto Rico
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Political cabaret show creator, actress and singer: With Puerto Rico artists: Mima, Eduardo Alegría, Fofé, Puchi, and Ivy Andino
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2015
Réquiem a la Tía Alex – Community Singing Direction
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2014
ANTHOLOGY, MEDITATIONS: A MARATHON PERFORMANCE OF PAULINE OLIVEROS SCORES
http://diverseworks.org/in-the-works/exhibtion-performance/anthology-meditations-marathon-performance-scores-pauline-oliveros
2013
Actress and singer for a show created by cellist Tristan Honsinger
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2008
Living Room Art: Brown in the Third Ward – performance art event with Elia Arce, Jade Cooper, Robert Pruitt, and Sehba Sarwar – Voices Breaking Boundaries, Houston
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Lajas (Performance)
Collaborated with writer and performer Aravind Adyanthaya in his presentation of short stories inspired in the oral tradition of his birth town, Lajas, which is also the tittle of the book. Adyanthaya and I performed as 19th century storytellers, presenting the text to the audience, experimenting with vocal sounds and histrionism. May and June of 2003, in Taller Pregones, NYC and Festival Interamerino de las Artes; Experimental Hall, Performing Arts Center; San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Lajas (Book Presentation)
Presented at the library of Casa de España, Old San Juan, PR. (Look above)
El Santo en Santurce (Performance Piece)
Event presented at La Pintedera Gallery, San Juan, PR. Life filming and projection of the characters of El Santo en Santurce. Simultaneous showings of the original film, which is a Caribbean version of the comic strip about El Santo, the Mexican wrestling hero. Installations by visual artists Antonio González Walker and José Luis Vargas. Costumes and character creation by Freddie Mercado. Acted as Clarinestra La Medium.
Círculo (Cabaret Show)
One hour cabaret show. Singing original songs and other songs written by performers Eduardo Alegría, Ivy Andino, and writer Mayra Santos-Febres. Musical arrangements by Amed Irrizarry,- pianist, and the special participation of visual artist Freddie Mercado. Showed at Peña La Noche, Perú, as part of the third encounter of the Hemispheric Institute of the Performance Studies Department, New York University.
Also at Nuyorican Café, ? Bar, Carli’s Café (Sponsored by Bacardí), Sampler’s, at Luis Muñoz Marín Foundation Theater, and at Café-Teatro Sylvia Rexach of the Performing Arts Center of Puerto Rico.
El Santo en Santurce (Video)
Acting and vocalizing as Clarinestra La Medium. A film created and produced by visual artist Antonio González Walker, professor of the Visual Art School of San Juan. Filmed at different settings of Santurce, the oldest urban developed town near Old San Juan.
International Computer Music Conference
Vocalizing the piece Asesino by Italian composer Marco Trevissani at Teatro Amadeus Roldán, La Habana, Cuba, at this yearly encounter of the International Conference. This event was co-sponsored by the Instituto Cubano de la Música. Also collaborated with Sicilian composer Maximo Carlentinni and with Cuban jazz star Bobby Carcassés.
La otra orilla (Video)
Acting on this film created and produced by Puerto Rican filmmaker Teresa Prévidi. Exhibited at the University of Sagrado Corazón and showed through WIPR- government TV station.
Sinfonía para guitarra (Performance)
This piece, originally created for ROMPEFORMA ’96, was part of the second encounter of the Hemispheric Institute of the Performance Studies Department, University of New York. Presented Café La Tumba, Monterrey, México. Also, repeated in Puerto Rico, at the first anniversary of Yerba Bruja Theater, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
Cervantes; El Licenciado Vidriera (Drama)
Collaborated as an actress and vocalist in this experimental adaptation of Aravind Adyanthaya for Casa Cruz de la Luna theater group in the Municipal Theater of Lajas, Puerto Rico. Sponsored by the Institute of Culture of Puerto Rico.
International Festival of Electro-acoustic Music “Paz para Vieques” (Virtual International Concert)
Voice Performance collaboration with Prof. Carlos Vázquez with his piece: Esa medalla me quema el pecho, in solidarity with Vieques island; various composers from Europe, Latin America and Puerto Rico; in front of Marine’s Camp García, Vieques, Puerto Rico.
Matropofagia (Play)
A play by Mayra Santos-Febres. Collaborated as an actress and vocalist. Traveled to Habana, Cuba, as part of the program of the Mith and Reality Congress at Casa Las Américas.
Also at the Congress of Women Writers; Colegio de Ingenieros, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
Caribe 2000
Later presented at Casa Cruz de la Luna theater space, San Germán, Puerto Rico and University of Puerto Rico.
Concerts
Original songs written and performed for two concerts commissioned by the Institute of Culture of Puerto Rico for two different special cultural events: the Biennial of San Juan and the anniversary of the Public Broadcast Association of Puerto Rico.
Festival de la Batíe, Geneve, Switzerland
Voice experimentation performances at the sound poetry part of the Festival – at La Perfumerie art venue and curated by Vincent Barras.
Anniversary of the Contemporary Puerto Rican Art Museum
Performed the original piece Cuatrienio, and collaborated in a performance piece created by Prof. Nelson Rivera.
Sinfonía del Silencio (an updated performance)
First presentation with my one-year-old son Nicolás; as part of one of the performance nights called Neurosis Cultural at Asylum Discotheque.
Sía Poesía/ Yesbe Poetry, Teatro San Martino, Italy
Participated with original sound poetry compositions at this international encounter; Universitá degli Studi di Bologna, and at Container Performance Space in Florence; Also gave a workshop to grammar school students from Bologna; Curated by Enzo Minarelli.
University of Puerto Rico
Give a twenty minutes show as part of Caribbean 2000, a gathering of scholars from the Region; Sponsored by Rockefeller Foundation and curated by Prof. Lowell Fiet.
Laryngitis (Voice Performance)
Voice Performance Art show co-created with Puerto Rican performer Ivy Andino at Teatro Salvador Brau; sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Department of Universidad de Puerto Rico; San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Voces (Show)
One hour show produced and presented at Circolo theater; Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
ROMPEFORMA ’96
Performed the Sinfonía Cómica para Guitarra a piece commisioned for this international performance event at the Experimental Hall in the Fine Arts Center, Fine Arts Center; Curated by Viveca Vázquez and Merian Soto; San Juan, Puerto Rico (Sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, NEA)
Agua, Sol y Sereno (Play)
Collaborated with the above theater group acting and writing performance pieces for the play: Una de Cal y Otra de Arena; performed at University of Puerto Rico and Pennsylvania; Directed by Pedro Adorno.
Yo Te Quiero Con Toda Mi Alma (Voice performance)
A seven minutes performance piece presented at the University of Puerto Rico as part of activities sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation’s Caribbean 2000 project; organized by Prof. Lowell Fiet, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
Poetry reading
Readings at the underground poetry nights at Bar Tito Fortuna, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Poetry reading
Event organized by Grupo Puertas at Casa Papyrus Bookstore, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Poesía Vixual Biennial
Participated with original work at this international biennial at Museo del Chopo, Universidad Autónoma de México, México,DF; Curated by César Espinoza.
Performance – El hombre San Juan Puerto Rico
Performed at the performance marathon held at Casa Roig, Humacao, Puerto Rico; Curated by Prof. Nelson Rivera.
Las Voces del Maleficio (Concert)
One hour show performed of 12 original voice pieces at the XII Festival Interamericano de las Artes; Experimental Hall, Performing Arts Center; San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Later, at the Athenaeum of Puerto Rico, Old San Juan and the Arte Joven Gallery, Zaragoza, Spain.
XXVII Puerto Rican Music Fiesta
Concert Microcosmos; with Composers Francis Scwartz and Javier de la Torre; Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña; Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Poetry performance at the Encounter of Caribbean Poets
An homage to Dominican Poet, Pedro Mir, sponsored by the Department of Cultural Affairs of the University of Puerto Rico; Casa Blanca, Old San Juan.
Berlin Café
One hour concert of original poly-poetry compositions; Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Poetry performance at Situ-Arte ’93
Encounter of Puerto Rican Artists at tobacco historical site, Cayey, Puerto Rico.
Acting on local TV
Acting in the documentary Hasta el fondo del dolor, based upon life of Puerto Rican composer Sylvia Rexach. Produced by Meyer De Jesús Productions; Puerto Rico.
20 y pico…
Produced (and performed) a performance marathon with other four local performers: Eduardo Alegría, Pedro Adorno, and William Ortíz; Casa de Teo café; Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
La casa de Bernalda Alba
Acting on this experimental adaptation of Lorca’s play by Eduardo Caballero at Fine Arts Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Also at the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao, Puerto Rico.
Video and Poetry Festival
Performed at the opening of the Festival with original compositions; Lutheran Anglican Church, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Passages from Independence
Co-created a performance piece called Ansiedad with Chicano poet Rubén Martínez; Santa Barbara California, USA.
Ignore the Dents
Acting on this Urban Opera created by chicano performance artist Daniel Martínez; Million Dollar Theater; Los Angeles, California, USA.
La Raza en la Calle, Los Angeles Latino Festival
Participated with original monologue called “Chismes”; Los Angeles, California, USA.
Allegiances
A Performance Art marathon at Highways Performance Space; Performed Ansiedad with Rubén Martínez; Los Angeles, California, USA.
Voces del Barro/Clay Voices
A poetry and performance art weekend marathon at Los Angeles Photographic Center; California, USA. Performed various original pieces with Rubén Martínez.
Cinco de Mayo Festival
Duo with Rubén Martínez; a selection of original work; Casa de la Raza, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
Rough Cuts
A Performance Art marathon curated by artist Keith Antar-Mason at Highways Performance Space; Performed the piece Ansiedad with Rubén Martínez: Los Angeles, California, USA.
Tres guitarras y una noche
A concert of original songs written in the style of the Latin American New Song; Macondo Espacio Cultural, Los Angeles California, USA
The Other Side/ El otro lado
A show created by Rubén Martínez and directed by Costa Rican Filmmaker and Performer Elia Arce; collaborated as an actress; Nosotros Theater, California, USA.
Unos Cuantos Piquetitos (30mm film)
Acting in a film by Elia Arce. Made voice improvisations and acted on this movie inspired by the painting of Frieda Kahlo. Exhibited at various art venues like Highways Performance Space and the movie theater of the University of California, Los Angeles ; USA.
Bendecidos por las contradicciones
Acted on this community produced show, dedicated to Salvadoran poet Roque Dalton; Directed by Elia Arce; Echo Park Evangelical Church; California, USA.
Get a Job
A video work made by the theater group called Los Angeles Poverty Department; Worked as an actress/singer; California, USA.
No Stone for Studs Swartz
Collaborated as an actress on this show made by Los Angeles Poverty Department theater group; Boyd Theater, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Publications and Panels
Panel participation on Women, Poetry and Pertormance with other two colleagues, Prof. Mari Ramos and performer Deborah Hunt at the University of Puerto Rico’s annual encounter Caribbean 2000. Curated by Prof. Lowell Fiet and sponsored by Rockefeller Foundation. Also performed, Irse, the first movement of Sinfonía cómica para guitarra.
Panel participation on Performance Art and Hermetism at the University of Puerto Rico. Also performed the piece Círculo. – curated by Prof. Dorian Lugo
My work is being mentioned in publications by:
Lydia Platón
https://books.google.com/books?id=1SqFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT160&lpg=PT160&dq=ivette+roman+lydia+plat%C3%B3n&source=bl&ots=oBFt036yKd&sig=ACfU3U3Tv3tjzvT4nLSLZiL6hMpcMNnQ3g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiguuGcqJbmAhUMKqwKHdStB30Q6AEwAHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=ivette%20roman%20lydia%20plat%C3%B3n&f=false
https://www.amazon.com/Defiant-Itineraries-Caribbean-Paradigms-American/dp/1137475536/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=lydia+platon&qid=1575267611&s=books&sr=1-1
Lowel Fiet
https://www.amazon.com/El-teatro-puertorrique%C3%B1o-reimaginado-Spanish/dp/1881748162/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=lowell+fiet&qid=1575266165&s=books&sr=1-2
https://dloc.com/UF00096005/00027/143j
https://www.worldcat.org/title/caribe-2000-definiciones-identidades-y-culturas-regionales-yo-nacionales-caribbean-2000-regional-andor-national-definitions-identities-and-cultures/oclc/38168536
https://www.academia.edu/7549564/Caribbean_Theater_and_Cultural_Performance_an_issue_of_Sargasso_edited_by_Sally_Everson_Lowell_Fiet_and_Don_E._Walicek_
Lawrence La Fountain Stokes
http://larrylafountain.blogspot.com/2015/12/
https://hemisphericinstitute.org/en/emisferica-121-caribbean-rasanblaj/12-1-essays/e-121-essay-lafountain-puerto-rican-rasanblaj.html
Aravind Adyahthaya
http://www.escala.org.uk/resources/BE/BE7690A1-85D0-7BA9-1D3D-B2F25AD9E72E/Aravind%20Adyanthaya%20Presentation%20Transcript.pdf
Marina Barsy Janer
http://repository.essex.ac.uk/22409/1/TRICKSTERS%20OF%20THE%20SPECTATORial_The%20decolonial%20proposals%20of%20performance%20artivism%20through%20the%20encounters%20with%20La%20Pocha%20Nostra%20and%20Freddie%20Mercado.%20Marina%20Barsy%20Janer.%20PhD%20Thesis.%202018..pdf
Mariela Fullana
http://red.antropologiadelcuerpo.com/wp-content/uploads/Mariela-Fullana-GT7.pdf
Vivian Martínez Tabares
https://dloc.com/UF00096005/00028/107j
http://www.casadelasamericas.org/publicaciones/revistaconjunto/151/revistaconjunto151.php?pagina=conjunto
Carmelo Santana Mojica
file:///C:/Users/Ivette/Downloads/1326-Article%20Text-1445-1-10-20080117.pdf
Giving Workshops
2014 – present: Giving workshops to youth and kids from at-risk communities for Nameless Sound, Houston, TX
2000: Giving Theater workshops to music talented children at Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico. Also made a contract with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture to give voice improvisation workshops to the artists community of San Juan.
1999-2000 Coaching public school teachers in using music to teach languages and math, as part of a community program called INARED of the Puerto Rico Foundation. Also giving voice workshops to actors and actresses of the Traveling Theater Group of the University of Puerto Rico.
1997 Voice workshop given to grammar school kids; Bologna, Italy.
1996 Voice workshop given to Juan Morell Campos school students; Ponce, PR.
1988 Voice workshop given to public school students; Poets-in-school Program, California, USA
Education
Cambridge College, Massachusetts
M.Ed. Arts-in-Education; 2004
University of California, Los Angeles
32 credits toward MFA; Theater Arts
Universidad de Puerto Rico
Bachelor Degree of Arts; Art Education
Escuela Libre de Música, Puerto Rico
Six years of Piano, Viola and Music Technique
Awards received
Travel Fellowship of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture to participate in the Encounter of Latin American Performance Artists, Mexico, as a performer and panel guest; 2001.
Felisa Rincón de Gautier Foundation fellowship to do the political cabaret show, Círculo, at the Sylvia Rexach Café-Teatro; Performing Arts Center of Puerto Rico; 2000.
Merit Award from Fondo Nacional Para El Financiamiento Del Quehacer Cultural of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture; 1994.
Travel Fellowship to participate as a performer in Spain: PSBA Program, Instituto de Cultura; 1995.
Affiliation Certificate given by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture as national canta-autora (songwriter and singer); 1997.