Eurovision Young Dancers 1991

Eurovision Young Dancers 1991
Dates
Final 5 June 1991
Host
Venue Helsinki City Theatre, Helsinki, Finland
Presenter(s)
  • Taina Elg
  • Heikki Värtsi
Directed by Izan Lewenstam
Executive producer Aarno Cronvall
Host broadcaster Yleisradio (YLE)
Interval act Documentary by Eila-Maija Mirolybov about the early stages of the competition and the dancers who did not reach the final.
Participants
Number of entries 15
Debuting countries  Bulgaria
Returning countries None
Withdrawing countries
Participation map
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         Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1991
Vote
Voting system A professional jury chose the top 3 participants.
Winning dancers  Spain
Amaya Iglesias

The Eurovision Young Dancers 1991 was the fourth edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Helsinki City Theatre in Helsinki, Finland on 5 June 1991.[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Yleisradio (YLE), dancers from eight countries participated in the televised final. A total of fifteen countries took part in the competition. Bulgaria made their début while Austria, Canada and United Kingdom withdrew from the contest.[1] However, the Austrian broadcaster ÖRF and the Canadian CBC broadcast the event.

Each country could send one or two dancers, male or female, who could perform one or two dances.

The non-qualified countries were Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Italy, Norway, Portugal and Yugoslavia. Amaya Iglesias of Spain won the contest, with France and Denmark placing second and third respectively.[2]

Location

Helsinki City Theatre

Helsinki City Theatre, was the host venue for the 1991 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.[1]

Format

The format consists of dancers who are non-professional and between the ages of 16–21, competing in a performance of dance routines of their choice, which they have prepared in advance of the competition. All of the acts then take part in a choreographed group dance during 'Young Dancers Week'.[3]

Jury members of a professional aspect and representing the elements of ballet, contemporary, and modern dancing styles, score each of the competing individual and group dance routines. Once all the jury votes have been counted, the two participants which received the highest total of points progress to a final round. The final round consists of a 90-second 'dual', were each of the finalists perform a 45-second random dance-off routine. The overall winner upon completion of the final dances is chosen by the professional jury members.[3]

Results

Preliminary round

A total of fifteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1991 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final.[1]

Country Name Result
 Italy Alen Bottaini Failed to qualify
 Belgium Vanessa Eertmans Failed to qualify
 Spain Amaya Iglesias Qualified
 Finland Titta-Tuulia Karhunen & Pasi Sinisalo Failed to qualify
 Denmark Johan Kobborg Qualified
 Netherlands Boris de Leeuw Qualified
 Portugal Sonia Lima Failed to qualify
  Switzerland Sarah Locher Qualified
 Norway Ingrid Trøite Lorentzen Failed to qualify
 Bulgaria Diliana Nikiforova Qualified
 Cyprus Eleni O’Keefe Failed to qualify
 Yugoslavia Ana Pavlovic Failed to qualify
 Sweden Kim Saveus Qualified
 France Emmanuel Thibault Qualified
 Germany Celia Volk Qualified

Final

Awards were given to the top three countries. The table below highlights these using gold, silver, and bronze. The placing results of the remaining participants is unknown and never made public by the European Broadcasting Union.[2]

Place Country Participant Dance Choreographer
1  Spain Amaya Iglesias Variations from “La Grisi” L. de Ávila
2  France Emmanuel Thibault “La Sylphide” F. Taglioni
3  Denmark Johan Kobborg “La Sylphide” A. Bournonville
-  Bulgaria Diliana Nikiforova “The Sleeping Beauty” M. Petipa
-  Germany Celia Volk “Le Corsaire” M. Petipa
-  Netherlands Boris de Leeuw “Prelude to a Kiss” P. de Ruiter
-  Sweden Kim Saveus “Le Corsaire” M. Petipa
-   Switzerland Sarah Locher “The Sleeping Beauty” M. Petipa

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:[1]

  •  Finland – Jorma Uotinen (Head of Jury)
  •  France – Josette Amiel
  •  Denmark – Frank Andersen
  •  Romania/ France – Gigi Gheorghe Caciuleanu
  •  Germany – Peter Van Dyk
  •  France – André-Philippe Hersin
  •   Switzerland – Heinz Spoerli
  •  Sweden – Gösta Svalberg
  •  Spain – Víctor Ullate

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Eurovision Young Dancers 1991: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Eurovision Young Dancers 1991: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Eurovision Young Dancers - Format". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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