Eurovision Young Dancers 1993

Eurovision Young Dancers 1993
Dates
Semi-final 13 June 1993
Final 15 June 1993
Host
Venue Dance House, Stockholm, Sweden
Presenter(s)
Host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT)
Interval act Documentary about the dancers that did not make it to the final
Participants
Number of entries 15
Debuting countries
Returning countries  Austria
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 1993
Vote
Voting system A professional jury chose the finalists and the top 3 performances
Winning dancers  Spain
Zenaida Yanowsky

The Eurovision Young Dancers 1993 was the fifth edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Dance House in Stockholm, Sweden on 15 June 1993.[2] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), dancers from eight countries participated in the televised final. A total of fifteen countries took part in the competition. Estonia, Greece, Poland and Slovenia made their début with Austria returning and Bulgaria, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal and Yugoslavia withdrawing from the contest.[2]

As in 1989 and 1991, a semifinal was held to choose the finalists. The semifinal took place 2 days before the final (13 June 1993). The jury chose the finalists and top 3 performances. The prizes were presented by Princess Christina, the youngest sister of Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden.[2]

The non-qualified countries were Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Italy, Norway, Portugal and Yugoslavia. Zenaida Yanowsky of Spain won the contest, with Switzerland and Austria and France placing second and joint third respectively.[3]

Location

Dance House, Stockholm

The Dance House in Stockholm, Sweden, was the host venue for the 1993 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.[2]

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'.[4]

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.[4]

Results

Preliminary round

A total of fifteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1993 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final.[2]

Country Name Result
 Belgium Rafaella Raschella Failed to qualify
 Cyprus Lia Haraki Failed to qualify
 Denmark Julie Strandberg & Mads Blangstrup Failed to qualify
 Estonia Stanislav Jermakov & Luana Georg Failed to qualify
 Finland Riina Laurila Qualified
 France Raphaëlle Delaunay-Belleville Qualified
 Greece Theodora Bourbou Failed to qualify
 Norway Kristine Oren Failed to qualify
 Poland Anna Sasiadek & Jacek Bres Qualified
  Switzerland Kusha Angst Failed to qualify
 Slovenia Ursa Vidmar Failed to qualify
 Spain Zenaida Yanowsky Qualified
 Sweden Ludde Hagberg Qualified
 Germany Jens Weber & Franziska Koch Qualified
 Austria Gregor Hatala 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.[3]

Place Country Participant Dance Choreographer
1  Spain Zenaida Yanowsky "Esmeralda" M. Petipa
2   Switzerland Kusha Angst "The Corsair" M. Petipa
3  Austria Gregor Hatala "Vayamos al diablo, 5 Tangos" H. van Manen
 France Raphaëlle Delaunay-Belleville “Paquita, 2nd variation” from “Pas de trois” M. Petipa
-  Finland Riina Laurila “Vague Woman” from “Symphony no. 1” H. Heikkinen
-  Germany Jens Weber & Franziska Koch "Tchaikovsky – Pas de Deux" G. Balanchine
-  Poland Anna Sasiadek & Jacek Bres "Esmeralda" A. Vaganova
-  Sweden Ludde Hagberg "Coppelia" A. Saint-Léon

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:[2]

  •  Sweden – Nils-Åke Häggbom (Head of Jury)
  •  Sweden – Birgit Cullberg
  •  Denmark – Frank Andersen
  •  Romania/ France – Gigi Gheorghe Caciuleanu
  •  Italy/ Germany – Paolo Bortoluzzi
  •  Germany – Peter Van Dyk
  •  Spain – María de Ávila
  •   Switzerland – Heinz Spoerli
  •  Belgium – Micha Van Hoecke
  •  France – Pierre Lacotte
  •  Sweden – Elsa-Marianne Von Rosen
  •  Italy – Elisabetta Terabust
  •  Finland – Jorma Uotinen

See also

References

  1. ↑ Yugoslavia did not exist as such since 1992
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Eurovision Young Dancers 1993: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Eurovision Young Dancers 1993: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Eurovision Young Dancers - Format". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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