Multifaceted and multi-award-winning artist Roma Calderón is this year’s muse of Ibiza Pride, for which she has even written an anthem that has already been played and danced to in Sant Antoni and Sant Josep. She says she was “crazy happy” when they offered her the chance to be the image of this year’s Ibiza Pride. I was happy, not only because of Pride, as you know I have been committed for years and have been contributing my artistic work to the collective’s events, but “hello how are you, Ibiza” (laughs). But at the same time I feel the responsibility of being the representative of the collective, because we can’t forget that there is still a lot of work to be done for rights, equality, visibility and normalisation; this had to be more than done”, she points out.
Rome has already acted as master of ceremonies at the Diversity Celebration Galaat the S’Arenal Beach in Sant Antoni, and at the young&Proud festival in Caló de s’Oli. In both events Roma infected the audience with the energy of the anthem he has composed for this edition of Ibiza Pride.
“What I intended was to make an anthem that anyone who listened to it would be empowered, feel the pride of being the person they have become, and want to show it to the world. I wanted to make a track for people to dance to, smiling, with glitter in their eyes, and feeling their heart with a very clear message about the courage to show the world who you are. When I sing ‘Glitter in the Soul’ I imagine souls laughing, celebrating, giving off sparkles… wouldn’t it be wonderful to always exist like this?“, he emphasizes.
“In my 30 years of profession in a direct or indirect way I have always been working for the rights of the collective; apart from collaborating in numerous prides from my own artistic work there is always the discourse of normality, acceptance of diversity,” he assures.
“I hope with my contribution to open consciences, hearts and generate many smiles and love, especially a lot of love,” concludes Roma before assuring: “I bring a giant suitcase full of ‘brilli brilli’ that I don’t even know how it has passed through the scanners, it should have exploded from the amount of sequins I carry” (laughs).
Roma Calderón will participate tomorrow, Wednesday, in the proclamation of Ibiza Pride in Vilaat 10 p.m at the Portal de Ses Taules, where she will act as master of ceremonies together with local drag queens Nadal Garibaldi, Vedette Deivis and Le Cocó.
On Friday she will conduct the queens Drag Night gala which, after last year’s success in Can Ventosa, this time will be held outdoors in the Port of Ibiza with more than 20 artists on stage and the drag performance of Alex Guirado, Baby Marcelo, Eva Cavallini, La Petite, Le Cocó and Vedette.
Between the two, on Thursday, at the Casal de la Igualtat at 8.30 pmwith free admission until full capacity is reached, will be screened the short film ‘Soc Maricó’. The screening and the subsequent colloquium will be attended by the following people directors Javier Riera and Miquel Vingut and the actor Daniel Planells.
Ibiza Pride will end on Saturday with the Great March for LGTBIQ rights ending at the monument to the Corsairs. There, until midnight, and after the reading of the manifesto 2023, we can enjoy the Visibility stage with concerts by Angelo Diep and Mercy, with the collaboration of La Troya Ibiza and dj’s Mattia Pascal, Marta Hermida, Mikey Slade and San Balibrea.
