voca people - University of Florida Performing Arts

University of Florida Performing Arts
presents
VOCA PEOPLE
Thursday, April 11, 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Phillips Center
The VOCA PEOPLE
The VOCA PEOPLE have taken the earth by surprise — and delight — with
a completely original, thrilling musical adventure unlike anything you’ve
experienced before!
Full of energy and bursting with fun, this international hit features more than 70
a cappella and beat box versions of the songs you and your whole family love,
including favorites from Madonna, Queen and even Mozart! No instruments, no
sound effects — just eight incredible talents breathing life into the greatest music
on Earth!
As visually stunning and hilarious as it is vocally dazzling, this interactive show
invites the audience into the action as The VOCA PEOPLE discover the strange
Earthly habits and explore our music: from the History of Music, to the Music of
the Silver Screen, to the Music of Love and more.
This award-winning musical, theatrical spectacle (NYC 2012 Lucille Lortel Award
for Outstanding Theatrical Experience) has just finished a successful run in NYC
and is now embarking on its very first North American tour in 2013!
What began as an overnight YouTube sensation (now with 40 million hits
and counting!) is now a world-renowned show that has excited and delighted
audiences in more than 20 countries around the globe since 2009, from South
America, to the U.S., Canada, Europe and the Middle East. Now is the chance to
take part and experience this ingenious, entertaining show live.
From the reviews:
“The coolest show ever.”
— Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
“SIMPLY GREAT! A KNOCKOUT! You leave the theater feeling entertained.”
— The New York Times
“IMPRESSIVE! Filled with famous melodies by everyone from Mozart to
Michael Jackson. The harmonies are OTHERWORLDLY!”
— Time Out New York
“The arrangements are brilliant in their creativity, variety and use of the
voice. The VOCA PEOPLE are all equally extraordinary in talent …”
— broadwayworld.com
“Pure talent, humor and originality make VOCA PEOPLE an event not to
be missed. It’s an entirely unique and overwhelming experience that leaves
audiences raving long after the curtain close”.
— broadwayworld.com
Biographies
Lior Kalfo
Creator, writer and director
Lior Kalfo is an award-winning actor and creator. In 1995, Kalfo co-wrote and
starred in one of Israel’s most popular TV comedy series, The Comedy Store,
which ran for 102 episodes. The show won numerous awards worldwide including
The Golden Album and The European Golden Antenna for best comedy series.
Kalfo also stars in Ramzor, a series that recently won the prestigious Emmy award
for best comedy series.
In 1999, Kalfo co-wrote and played the lead role in Aladdin during the successful
Israeli run.
Wow, the 3D Black Light Theater, marked Kalfo’s international stage directing
debut at the age of 28, in the Czech Republic capital city of Prague.
In 2003, he established the Israeli Black Light Theater Fun-Tazi with three shows:
FunTazi, FunTazi Kids and an original version of Oscar Wilde’s classic tale The
Selfish Giant. Along with his TV work, Kalfo invested three years of development
and an investment of more than one million dollars made by Broadway and
European top producers in his comical theater spectacle the Matrix show Glow!.
The show was launched in a world premiere in Belgium in August 2008.
VOCA PEOPLE was yet another zany idea and a very different project that Kalfo
carried in his mind for almost four years until the first rehearsals in February 2009
took place. He has created a unique show which combines theater, comedy and
extreme vocal talents into one musical theater experience.
The first video clip of VOCA PEOPLE was launched in April 2009 on YouTube
and had more than 6 million viewers worldwide after only four months, creating a
great buzz and interest in the show.
Kalfo currently lives in Binyamina, Israel, with his wife and four little kids, sharing his life
between Israel and other countries and constantly pursuing his acting-creating career.
Shai Fishman
Composer, arranger and music director
Shai Fishman, 36, has been writing and creating music since the age of 8. He
plays seven musical instruments: piano, drums, bass guitar, recorder, French horn,
trumpet and saxophone. He specializes in MIDI and computer music programming.
Fishman’s credits as a composer include the I-Max film Future Moon, Dinosaur’s
Prophecy, 2012: Secrets of the Mayans and Night of the Titanic. His original
musical theater productions include: Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle,
Rachav’s Cabaret, The Dream: A Band, Return to Sender, Samson & Delilah and
Towards the Horizon. Fishman was recently honored for his musical direction and
arrangements on T-Mobile’s Welcome Back campaign and received the BTAA’s
2011 best commercial of the year. He currently spends his time between New York
City and Los Angeles, where he operates and runs Fish-i Studios — a production
house and music label, in which he composes music for motion pictures,
television, commercials and theater.
Fishman serves as head composer for NASA, Houston Museum of Natural Science,
Avela Communications, Carnegie Museum of Natural History e-Planetarium and Rice
University and also as project manager at Amoeba Music, Hollywood and is the LP
restoration and digitization project leader for Amoeba.com.
CREDITS
Creator and director..........................................................................................................Lior Kalfo
Composer, arranger and music director............................................................ Shai Fishman
Producers........................................... Revital & Lior Kalfo, Leeorna Solomons, Doron Lida
International management.............................................................. LIDOR ENTERTAINMENT
Worldwide touring...................................................................Doron Lida, Leeorna Solomons
Company manager....................................................................................................Ronen Sharon
Artistic director.............................................................................................................. Gadi Bachar
Marcom manager............................................................................................................ Ornit Egosi
North American marketing manager................................................................. Cindy Sibilsky
Light designer........................................................................................................................Roy Milo
Choreography.......................................................................................................................Lior Kalfo
Costumes............................................................................................................................ Hana Yefet
Artistic advisor................................................................................. David Ottone, Gilad Kimchi
Sound operator..................................................................................................................... Gal Motil
Light operator...................................................................................................................Alon Eittan
Tour manager.............................................................................................................. Keti Grodover
AMERICAN TOUR CAST
Beat On.............................................................................................................................. Mark Martin
Scratcher.......................................................................................................................... Tiago Grade
Tubas................................................................................................................Bryant Charles Vance
Tenoro............................................................................................................................... Omer Shaish
Alta..................................................................................................................................Adi Kozlovsky
Mezzo................................................................................................................................. Sapir Breier
Bari-tone..............................................................................................................................Chris Dilley
Soprana.......................................................................................................................... Michal Reshef