The Folk Music and Folk Dance Ensemble 'Venyige' was established in Székelyudvarhely city, (in Harghita county, Transylvania, Rumania) the autumn
of 1977 - of initiative and board (between 1997-1987) of
Adalbert Béla Fodor.
The Universal Tellus Culture Center, UTCC and the World University..,
(the 'ITEK University':I.T'E.K-, TEKIA & W.U.T.E.C.S.) and within this the transylvanian ETHNOCULTURE Academic Foundation and Academy by its
formational and developmental
process is closely related to
the transylvanian VENYIGE-
Dancehouse Movement and to
the "VENYIGE" Folkmusic
and Folkdance Ensemble, both
playing an important role in
Transylvania.
Furthermore the process of
establishing and extending the
above mentioned movement and
group provided a period rich in
activity and experience, with the
cooperation on a cultural field of hundreds, maybe
thousands of people with different ethnical origins from
Transylvania and its regions, especially from Udvarhelyszék - in the Székelyföld.
This process mainly contributed to the formation of the spiritual-ideal ground
and of the actual content and formal criteria of the ITEK-University/
Wold University..., it's leading sciences and etablishing of the departament of
Music and Dance, and m. more.
This - VENYIGE-Dancehouse Movement
period - was the period when the ideal
and formal bases of the ITEK Academy
were established, which could develop
under the sign of the VENYIGE Folkmusic
and Folkdance Center in
Székelyudvarhely (1977-1978) - and
later became further developed and
integrlater to the actualy cultural-
educational and scientific development
center UTCC - T_W'U'T'C.

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  V E NY I G E
activities

• VENYIGE
Dance-House CD
Extract from the lyrics
of the Venyige CD.

The Venyige Tape and CD,
was edited by the
ETHOCULTURE Academy
made to honour the
establishment of the
Dance-
House from Székely-
Udvarhely
and Venyige dance group
with the occasion of its
20th anniversary.
The CD consists of the
Kalotaszeg Tours in the
Vista Region Performance
which took place in 1984.

We selected the following
Vista Region
Performances:
1) csárdás dance and szökõs/szöktetõs from
Udvarhelyszék
2) leánykörtánc, ritka és
sûrû pontozó from
Kutasföld
3) folk music from
Udvarhelyszék (MGy)
4) Marosszéki forgatós
5) Válaszúti keserves (KT)
6) Gyimesi dances: héjszák,
lassú- és sebes magyaros,
kettõs...
7) Kalotaszegi legényesek
8) Dunafalvi leánykõrtánc
9) Marosmagyarói folk songs
10) Széki dances, dancesongs
11) Felcsíki folk music
12) Mezõségi táncrend ...
(13) Haza is kéne már menni...

Musicians: Tárkányi J. János,
Forró István, Orbán László
(violin);Szép Gyula (viola,
ütôgardony [percussion
instrument], Ruszu László
(viola); Balázsi József,
(double bass), Fodor Béla
(double bass, ütôgardony).
Singers: Kelemen Tekla (KT)
and Miklós Gyöngyike (MGy)
and the rest of the Venyige
members...
Dancers: the Venyige
members…

Artistic and technic editor
in charge of the video and
audio output: Dr. Illés László,
Helsinborg, Sweden.
CD-cover edited from the
first Venyige printed poster,
designed by Bartha József,
artist, member of the
Venyige dance group in
cooperation with Fodor Béla
in 1983.
Editor in charge: Fodor Béla
Adalbert.
VENYIGE-CD-edited by
International Institute For
Total Ethno Culture, ITEK &
Akademia Ethnokultura -
Transylvania.
(Copyright © All rights
reserved)



Summer-Course in:
Regional Ethno-
Musicology and
EthnoChoreology in
Transylvania,
- in collaboration with
VENYIGE
Date: 22th of july - 29th of
july 2007.
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Intrested of
VENYIGE-MUSIC or
other transylvanian
authentic
improvisative
music and dances?
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Studies about or with
connection to VENYIGE:
• The Transylvanian
DanceHouse Movement.
"VENYIGE" - a Dancehouse
on the way of realization.
(in swedish) Learn more >>