{{More citations needed|date=February 2026}}{{Short description|Transylvanian men's dance}} A '''legényes''' (in Hungarian) or '''feciorească''' (in Romanian) is a men<nowiki>'</nowiki>s solo dance done by Transylvanian people (in Hungarian ethnic) living in the Kalotaszeg/Țara Călatei, Szilágyság/Sălaj and Mezőség/Câmpia Transilvaniei regions of Transylvania, roughly the region around Cluj.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-16|title=Legényes at Home: Social Media Challenge for Folk Dance Lovers During Quarantine|url=https://hungarytoday.hu/legenyes-at-home-social-media-challenge-for-folk-dance-lovers-during-quarantine/|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Hungary Today|language=en|archive-date=2021-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809194615/https://hungarytoday.hu/legenyes-at-home-social-media-challenge-for-folk-dance-lovers-during-quarantine/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Although usually danced by young men, it can be also danced by older men. The dance is performed freestyle usually by one dancer at a time in front of the band. Women participate in the dance by standing in lines to the side and sing/shout verses while the men dance. Each lad does a number of points (dance phrases) typically 4 to 8 without repetition. Each point consists of 4 parts, each lasting 4 counts. The first part is usually the same for everyone (there are only a few variations). Almost every man had his own song, and they danced only for this song in their whole life.
== Styles == * legényes / feciorească (Kalotaszeg) * sűrű tempó (Szék) * sűrű magyar or sűrű fogásolás (Mezőség) * pontozó / ponturi (Küküllő-mente) * târnăveană or korcsos (Mezőség) * figurázó (Szilágyság)
==See also== *Schuhplattler
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== External links == * [http://www.eliznik.org.uk/RomaniaDance/video/fecioreste-mociu.htm Feciorească / legényes video] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603091730/http://www.eliznik.org.uk/RomaniaDance/video/fecioreste-mociu.htm |date=2016-06-03 }} * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izWrWkygGdI Legényes / feciorească on YouTube] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tu1ZvBXoBI Târnăveană on YouTube] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060927230657/http://www.dunav.org.il/dance_histories/hungary_legneyes.html More information about Legényes]
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