Eurovision Young Dancers 1987

Eurovision Young Dancers 1987
Eurovision Young Dancers 1987
Dates
Final	31 May 1987
Host
Venue	Schlosstheater, Schwetzingen, Germany
Presenter(s)	Margot Werner
Directed by	Hugo Käch
Executive supervisor	Frank Naef
Executive producer	Harro Eisele
Host broadcaster	Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
Website	youngdancers.tv/event/schwetzingen-1987
Participants
Number of entries	14
Debuting countries	Austria ; Canada ; Denmark ; Yugoslavia ;
Non-returning countries	None
	Participation map frameless}} Participating countries;
Vote
Voting system	A professional jury chose the top 3 participants.
Winning dancers	Denmark ; Rose Gad Poulsen and Nikolaj Hübbe
	1985 ← Eurovision Young Dancers → 1989

Last updated April 14, 2024

The Eurovision Young Dancers 1987 was the second edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Schlosstheater Schwetzingen, Germany on 31 May 1987.^[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), dancers from fourteen countries participated in the televised final. Austria, Canada, Denmark and Yugoslavia made their debut at the contest, while Belgium and Netherlands competed together with a joint entry.^[1]

For the first time ever, the Canadian broadcaster CBC (an EBU associate member), joined the show with its participant, making it the only Eurovision event to feature a country from North America, and the only EBU event to feature an associate member as a participant prior to Australia's debut at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015. The participant countries could send one or two dancers, male or female, that could not be older than 20. Each entry consisted in one or two dances with no rules or limitations regarding the style. The dances could not be longer than 5 minutes (for soloists) or 10 minutes (for couples).^[1]

Rose Gad Poulsen and Nikolaj Hübbe of Denmark won the contest, with Switzerland and West Germany placing second and third respectively.^[2]

Location

Schlosstheater Schwetzingen (Schwetzingen palace theater), a court theater in Schwetzingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany was the host venue for the 1987 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.^[1]

The historic building, opened in 1753, is part of Schloss Schwetzingen and since 1952 the principal venue of the Schwetzingen Festival. It is also called Hoftheater (court theater), Hofoper (court opera), and Comoedienhaus (comedy house). The frequently applied name Rokokotheater (Rococo theater) is misleading, because it shows also neoclassical elements, added in 1762.

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. The overall winner upon completion of the final dances is chosen by the professional jury members.^[3]

The interval was Arne Fagerholt who performed Kjersti Alveberg's production Spirits.^[2]

Results

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	Denmark	Rose Gad Poulsen and Nikolaj Hübbe	Divertissement from “La Sylphide”	A. Bournonville
2	Switzerland	Frédéric Gafner	Variation from the first act of “La Sylphide”	A. Bournonville
3	West Germany	Stefanie Arndt	Variation from “Le Corsaire”	M. Petipa
-	Austria	Erika Nowak	Variation of the girl friends from "Raymonda"	M. Petipa and R. Nureyev
-	Netherlands ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Marieke Simons and Bart de Block	Blue Bird Pas de deux from “Sleeping Beauty”	M. Petipa
-	Canada	Stephen Legate	Variation from “La Bayadère”	M. Petipa and N. Makarova
-	Finland	Susanna Aaltonen and Tomi Paasonen	Pas de deux Odette/Siegfried from the second act of “Swan Lake”	L. Ivanov
-	France	Marie-Soizic Cabié	Aurora's variation from the first act of “Sleeping Beauty”	M. Petipa
-	Italy	Giulia Menicucci	Variation from “Giselle”	J. Coralli and J. J. Perrot
-	Norway	Halldis Ólafsdóttir	"Paper Nut"	J. Day
-	Spain	María Montserrat León	Variation from “Le Corsaire”	M. Petipa
-	Sweden	Johannes Öhman	Franz's variation from the third act of “Coppelia”	K. Damianov
-	United Kingdom	Paul Liburd	"Under Summer"	R. Cohan
-	Yugoslavia	Vedrana Ostojic	Variation from “Le Corsaire”	M. Petipa

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:^[1]

Italy – Paolo Bortoluzzi (Head of jury)
Denmark – Frank Andersen
Argentina – Oscar Araiz
Canada – Celia Franca
USA – Mary Hinkson
Denmark – Mette Hønningen
Soviet Union – Galina Samsova
Switzerland – Heinz Spoerli
Spain – José de Udaeta

Broadcasting

The 1987 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in at least 15 countries.

Broadcasters in participating countries
Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Austria	ORF	FS1 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}		^[4]
Belgium	BRT
Canada	CBC	CBC
Denmark	DR	DR TV	Niels Karl Nielsen	^[5]
Finland	YLE
France	FR3 ^{[lower-alpha 3]}		Charles Imbert	^[6]
Germany	ZDF ^{[lower-alpha 4]}		Jens Wendland	^[4]^[7]
Germany	3sat			^[4]
Italy	RAI
Netherlands	NOS	Nederland 2 ^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Joop van Zijl and Marc Jonkers	^[8]^[9]
Norway	NRK	NRK Fjernsynet	Anne Borg	^[10]
Spain	TVE
Sweden	SVT	TV2		^[10]
Switzerland	SRG SSR	SRG Sportkette [ de ]		^[11]^[12]^[13]
		SSR Chaîne sportive	Jean-Pierre Pastori
		TSI Canale sportivo
United Kingdom	BBC	BBC2	Humphrey Burton and Monica Mason	^[14]
Yugoslavia	JRT

Notes and references

Notes

↑ Belgium and Netherlands competed together with a joint entry. In the competition, the two dancers represented the Dutch colors.
↑ Deferred broadcast at 22:05 CET (21:05 UTC)^[4]
↑ Delayed broadcast on 29 June^[6]
↑ Deferred broadcast at 22:35 CET (21:35 UTC)^[4]
↑ Delayed broadcast on 2 June at 20:30 CET (19:30 UTC)^[8]

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1 2 "Concours eurovision des jeunes danseurs : iere partie (catalog record)". INAthèque (in French). Institut national de l'audiovisuel. CPC92004982. Archived from the original on 13 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
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[broadcast-4] Belgium and Netherlands competed together with a joint entry. In the competition, the two dancers represented the Dutch colors.

[6] Deferred broadcast at 22:05 CET (21:05 UTC)^[4]

[9] Delayed broadcast on 29 June^[6]

[10] Deferred broadcast at 22:35 CET (21:35 UTC)^[4]

[13] Delayed broadcast on 2 June at 20:30 CET (19:30 UTC)^[8]

[Show-1] 1 2 3 4 5 "Eurovision Young Dancers 1987: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.

[Results-2] 1 2 3 "Eurovision Young Dancers 1987: Participants". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.

[EYD_Format-3] 1 2 "Eurovision Young Dancers - Format". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.

[BT-5] 1 2 3 4 5 "TV + Radio • Sonntag". Bieler Tagblatt (in German). Biel, Switzerland. 31 May 1987. p. 15. Retrieved 10 April 2024– via e-newspaperarchives.ch.

[7] "Sønsdag den 31. maj 1987". DR. 31 May 1987. Retrieved 5 March 2024.

[INAthèque-8] 1 2 "Concours eurovision des jeunes danseurs : iere partie (catalog record)". INAthèque (in French). Institut national de l'audiovisuel. CPC92004982. Archived from the original on 13 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.

[11] "Televisie en Radio". Limburgs Dagblad (in Dutch). Heerlen, Netherlands. 30 May 1987. p. 9. Retrieved 10 April 2024– via Delpher.

[Voorpost-12] 1 2 "T.V. Programma's". De Voorpost (in Dutch). Aalst, Belgium. 31 May 1987. p. 15. Retrieved 10 April 2024.

[Limburgs-14] "Televisie en Radio". Limburgs Dagblad (in Dutch). Heerlen, Netherlands. 30 June 1987. p. 8. Retrieved 10 April 2024– via Delpher.

[Norsk-15] 1 2 "TV Radio programmene". Sandefjords Blad (in Norwegian). Sandefjord, Norway. 31 May 1987. p. 53. Retrieved 5 March 2023– via National Library of Norway.

[Fernsehen-16] "Fernsehen – Sonntag 31. Mai". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Zürich, Switzerland. 31 May 1987. p. 32. Retrieved 5 March 2024– via e-newspaperarchives.ch.

[TV8-17] "31 mai - dimanche TV". Radio TV8 (in French). Lausanne, Switzerland: Héliographia SA. 28 May 1987. pp. 32–33. Retrieved 10 April 2024.

[18] "I programmi televisi della fine settimana". Popolo e Libertà (in Italian). Bellinzona, Switzerland. 31 May 1987. p. 8. Retrieved 14 March 2024– via Sistema bibliotecario ticinese [ it ].

[19] "Eurovision Young Dancer". BBC. 31 May 1987. p. 85. Retrieved 5 March 2024– via BBC Genome.

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