Eurovision Young Dancers 1999

Eurovision Young Dancers 1999
Dates
Semi-final 4 July 1999
Final 10 July 1999
Host
Venue Opéra de Lyon, Lyon, France
Presenter(s) Alex Taylor
Directed by Guy Darmet
Executive producer
  • Gilbert Plique
  • Michele Banaletti
Host broadcaster France 3
Interval act Performance of the hip-hop dance group “Kä-fig”
Participants
Number of entries 16
Debuting countries  Czech Republic
Returning countries
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 1999
Vote
Voting system A professional jury chose the finalists and the top 3 performances
Winning dancers  Germany
Stegli Yohan & Katja Wünsche

The Eurovision Young Dancers 1999 was the eighth edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Opéra de Lyon, Lyon, France on 10 July 1999.[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster France 3, dancers from ten countries participated in the televised final. A total of sixteen countries took part in the competition. Czech Republic made their début while host country France, Netherlands, Switzerland and United Kingdom returned. Estonia and Slovakia withdrew from the contest.[1]

Both single dancers and couples younger than 20 could enter the competition, male or female. Single dancers had to perform 2 pieces of maximum 10 minutes in total, while couples could choose to perform 1 or 2 dances, but in total no longer than 10 minutes as well. The semi-final that took place in the same venue 6 days before the final (4 July 1999). A total of 20 countries broadcast the event, including Ireland and Croatia. Agnes Letestu, the 1989 Eurovision Young Dancers winner, commented on this year's contest for the host broadcaster France 3.[1]

The non-qualified countries were Cyprus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Katja Wünsche and Stegli Yohan of Germany won the contest, with Sweden and Spain placing second and joint third respectively.[2]

Location

Opéra de Lyon

Opéra de Lyon, in Lyon, France was the host venue for the 1999 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.[1]

The Opéra Nouvel (Nouvel Opera House) in Lyon, France is the home of the Opéra National de Lyon. The original opera house was re-designed by the distinguished French architect, Jean Nouvel between 1985 and 1993 in association with the agency of scenography dUCKS scéno and the acoustician Peutz. Serge Dorny was appointed general director in 2003.

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 sixteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1999 contest, of which ten qualified to the televised grand final.[1]

Country Name Result
 Germany Katja Wünsche & Stegli Yohan Qualified
 Belgium Frederik Deberdt Qualified
 Cyprus Dafni Mouyiassi Failed to qualify
 Spain Clara Blanco Qualified
 Finland Aarne Ruutu Qualified
 France Emmanuel Eggermont & Juliette Roudet Qualified
 United Kingdom Lara Glew Failed to qualify
 Greece Maria Boubouli Qualified
 Hungary Attila Bongar Failed to qualify
 Latvia Elza Leimane Qualified
 Netherlands Ernst Meisner Qualified
 Poland Marta Wojtaszewska & Marcin Krajewski Qualified
 Czech Republic Lukas Slavicky & Zuzana Zahradnikova Failed to qualify
 Slovenia Ana Klasnja Failed to qualify
 Sweden Nathalie Nordquist Qualified
  Switzerland Laetitia Guggi Failed to qualify

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]

Draw Country Participant Dance Choreographer Result
08  Germany Katja Wünsche & Stegli Yohan "Cinderella" J. Neumeier 1
10  Sweden Nathalie Nordquist “Flower Festival in Genzano” A. Bournonville 2
03  Spain Clara Blanco "Variation of Giselle" J. Coralli & J. Perrot 3
09  Belgium Frederik Deberdt "La Sylphide" A. Bournonville -
07  Finland Aarne Ruutu “La Sylphide” (James variation) A. Bournonville -
04  France Emmanuel Eggermont & Juliette Roudet "Les Chiens" J. Bouvier & R. Obadia -
01  Greece Maria Boubouli "Don Quixote" M. Petipa -
06  Latvia Elza Leimane "Esmeralda" J. Perrot -
02  Netherlands Ernst Meisner "La fille mal gardée" J. Dauberval -
05  Poland Marta Wojtaszewska & Marcin Krajewski "Stars & Stripes" G. Balanchine -

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:[1]

  •  Russia – Boris Eifman (Head of Jury)
  •  France – Maguy Marin
  •  Australia – Meryl Tankard
  •  France/ Monaco – Jean-Christophe Maillot
  •  Finland – Tero Saarinen
  •  Spain – Vicente Sáez
  •  Greece – Victoria Maragopoulou

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Eurovision Young Dancers 1999: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Eurovision Young Dancers 1999: 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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