Welcome to World Camp 2019! (September 26-29)
World Music and Dance Camp was founded in 1994 by co-directors Ahmet Luleci and Joe Graziosi. Since then, Emily Cohen and Rikki Weaver Nicoale have the position of co-directors alongside Ahmet. The annual camp continues with only the best folk dance teachers and musicians from around the world.
The weekend camp starts Thursday evening September 26th with registration at 4:30 PM, followed by dinner and an evening party. Friday and Saturday are two full days of classes and evening parties. The camp ends on Sunday morning September 29th after breakfast.
Iroquois Springs, located near the town of Rock Hill, in the Catskill Mountains, is an immaculately maintained, spacious site with a pleasant, open country atmosphere. It is 90 miles NW of New York City and 80 miles NE of Scranton, PA, on NY Route 17. The camp has bunkhouse-style cabins with porches, electricity, abundant storage space and interior bathrooms. The site has a lake, swimming pool and attractive common buildings.
The weekend camp starts Thursday evening September 26th with registration at 4:30 PM, followed by dinner and an evening party. Friday and Saturday are two full days of classes and evening parties. The camp ends on Sunday morning September 29th after breakfast.
Iroquois Springs, located near the town of Rock Hill, in the Catskill Mountains, is an immaculately maintained, spacious site with a pleasant, open country atmosphere. It is 90 miles NW of New York City and 80 miles NE of Scranton, PA, on NY Route 17. The camp has bunkhouse-style cabins with porches, electricity, abundant storage space and interior bathrooms. The site has a lake, swimming pool and attractive common buildings.
2019 WORLD CAMP DANCE TEACHERS
(subject to change) (more information)
FUSAE CARROLL / Macedonia
BIANCA DE JONG / Bulgaria
EIRINI "RENA" KARYOFYLIDOU / Greek
& SPECIAL WORKSHOPS
JOE GRAZIOSI / Greek
AHMET LULECI / Turkish
ERICA "RIKKI" NICOLAE / Balkan Basics
AND 2019 WORLD CAMP MUSICIANS
(subject to change) (more information)
EDESSA - Balkan and Romani
NIVA - Macedonian
CHRISTOS TIKTAPANIDIS - Pontian
IZUMI FAIRBANKS - Turkish Blacksea
HASAN ISAKKUT - MERVE SARI - Turkish
SOME QUOTES FROM PAST CAMPERS:
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World Camp is such a nice atmosphere - relaxed and welcoming to newcomers-and the music and dancing instruction is rich, colorful, and intense! I love the new music I come back with and the DVD afterwards to remind me of the dances. - Heather
The best dance teachers, the best live music, the best campgrounds - don't miss it. - D.B. This was truly a wonderful camp. I hope you will continue to hold this event. It is definitely one of the high points of my year. Wonderful location -- very warm and helpful staff. Food very good, cabins comfortable, real dance floors! The variety and selection of staff are wonderful. The music is incredible. Thank you! |
For me, one of the highlights of World Camp is teaching and dancing to the amazing music of EDESSA. Their energy and talent is incredible and their vast repertoire covers Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Albania and Bulgaria. Their exciting dance music is contagious and so much fun! - Yves Moreau
This has been a wonderful experience and I already look forward to next year. Still the best camp! Great camp, wonderful people and dances and music. Thank you. All the musicians and dance teachers were wonderful. The dance parties were very good All in all it was quite an enjoyable weekend. Great location. The food was excellent and the staff wonderful. The musical lineup was just wonderful. Keep it up!! |