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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
