Back in summer 2007 we started to think about an Israeli folk dance camp suitable for beginners - after we realized that most other IFD camps demanded a minimum of knowledge of most of the basic steps, to say the least...
Thus we created a course for beginners with beginners' dances, starting with the very first basic steps like grapevine, Yemenite, and others. Within a couple of weeks our 1st winter camp in the Bavarian Alps was fully booked out, since we have only a limited space of approx. 30 beds available in our lovely guest house. Our 3rd camp was already fully booked before mid-September. A proof that demand is high enough for something like a camp for beginners.
We also open this camp for folk dance teachers who are interested in didactical progress and/or who would like to learn some of the old Israeli pioneer dances, many of them sadly enough already (too) often forgotten.

The name of our guest house is Studienzentrum Josefstal, situated about 4 km south of Schliersee (83727 Josefstal-Schliersee, Oberbayern), a beautiful Bavarian lake: by car approx. 60 km south of Munich.

Our slogan for this camp is:

Dancing into the New Year

which includes ca. 15-18 of teaching, and, of course, the new year's evening party. By the way, a CD with the music of the dances taught at this seminar is included in the seminar price.

Our camp director as well as dance instructor is Matti Goldschmidt. Please double-click here for all of his own created dances.