Eurovision Young Dancers 1991

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Eurovision Young Dancers 1991
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Dates
Final5 June 1991
Host
Venue Helsinki City Theatre
Helsinki, Finland
Presenter(s)
Executive producerAarno Cronvall
DirectorIzan Lewenstam
Executive supervisorFrank Naef
Host broadcaster Yleisradio (YLE)
Website youngdancers.tv/event/helsinki-1991 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Participants
Number of entries15
Debuting countriesFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countries
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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 systemA professional jury chose the top 3 participants.
Winning dancersFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Amaya Iglesias
1989 ←  Eurovision Young Dancers  → 1993

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 (making this the first Eurovision event to feature a former Warsaw Pact country ahead of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest), while Austria, Canada and United Kingdom chose not to send an entry. [1] However, the Austrian broadcaster ÖRF and the Canadian CBC broadcast the event.

Contents

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

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

During the interval a documentary by Finnish journalist Eila-Maija Mirolybov  [ fi ] about the early stages of the competition and the dancers who did not reach the final was broadcast. [1]

Results

Preliminary round

Broadcasters from fifteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1991 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify. [1]

CountryBroadcasterDancer(s)DanceChoreographer
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy RAI Alen BottainiGrand pas classiqueV. Gsovsky
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium RTBF Vanessa EertmansConcerto for Harpsichord and Strings in D minorD. Sonnenbluck
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland YLE Titta-Tuulia Karhunen and Pasi SinisaloLe CorsaireM. Petipa
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal RTP Sonia LimaDon QuixoteM. Petipa
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway NRK Ingrid Trøite Lorentzen Don QuixoteM. Petipa
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus CyBC Hélène O'KeefeGlorianna, Hymne à la femmeN. Mújaszí
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia JRT Ana PavlovicCoppeliaK. Damjanov

Final

Awards were given to the top three participants. 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]

R/OCountryBroadcasterDancer(s)DanceChoreographerResult
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain TVE Amaya IglesiasVariations from "La Grisi"L. de Ávila1
Flag of France.svg  France FR3 Emmanuel Thibault La SylphideF. Taglioni2
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark DR Johan Kobborg La SylphideA. Bournonville3
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria BNT Diliana NikiforovaThe Sleeping BeautyM. Petipa
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany ZDF Celia VolkLe CorsaireM. Petipa
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands NOS Boris de LeeuwPrelude to a KisP. de Ruiter
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden SVT Kim SaveusLe CorsaireM. Petipa
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland SRG SSR Sarah LocherThe Sleeping BeautyM. Petipa

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following: [1]

Broadcasting

The 1991 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in 17 countries including Austria and Canada. [4] Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters in participating countries
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium RTBF Télé 21 [a] Benoît Jacques de Dixmude [5]
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria BNT
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus CyBC RIK [6]
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark DR DR TV [b] Niels Oxenvad [7]
Flag of Finland.svg Finland YLE TV1 [8]
Flag of France.svg France FR3 [c] Alain Duault  [ fr ] [9]
Flag of Germany.svg Germany ZDF [d] [10]
Flag of Italy.svg Italy RAI
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands NOS Nederland 3 Boris de Leeuw [10]
Flag of Norway.svg Norway NRK NRK Fjernsynet [11]
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal RTP
Flag of Spain.svg Spain TVE
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden SVT Kanal 1 Jacob Dahlin [12]
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland SRG SSR SRG Sportkette  [ de ] [13] [14]
SSR Chaîne sportive Jean-Pierre Pastori  [ fr ]
TSI Canale sportivo
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia JRT TV Beograd 1 [e] [15]
HTV 1 [f] [16]
Broadcasters in non-participating countries
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Austria.svg Austria ORF FS2 [g] [17]
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada CBC

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Deferred broadcast on 6 June at 20:00 (CEST) [5]
  2. ↑ Delayed broadcast on 9 June at 21:50 (CET) [7]
  3. ↑ Delayed broadcast on 7 June at 22:45 (CET) [9]
  4. ↑ Delayed broadcast at 22:25 (CET) [10]
  5. ↑ Deferred broadcast on 6 June at 8:30 (CEST) [15]
  6. ↑ Deferred broadcast on 28 July at 22:40 (CEST) [16]
  7. ↑ Delayed broadcast in a shortned format on 22 June at 15:00 (CET) [17]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Eurovision Young Dancers 1991". Issuu. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Donnerstag, 6. Juni | Jeudi, 6 juin" [Thursday 6 June]. Télé-Revue (in French, German, and Luxembourgish). Vol. 47, no. 22. Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. 5–11 May 1990. pp. 30–33. Retrieved 30 May 2024– via National Library of Luxembourg.
  6. ↑ "PIK". I Simerini (in Greek). Nicosia, Cyprus. 5 June 1991. p. 6. Retrieved 13 April 2024– via Press and Information Office  [ el ].
  7. 1 2 "Alle tiders programoversigter – Søndag den 9. juni 1991" [All-time programme overviews – Sunday 9th June 1991]. DR . Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "Televisioon – Laupäeval, 4. juuni 1991" [Television – Saturday, June 4]. Päevaleht (in Estonian). 4 May 1991. p. 4. Retrieved 13 April 2024– via DIGAR Eesti artiklid.
  9. 1 2 "Television". 24 heures (in French). Lausanne, Switzerland: Tamedia. 7 June 1991. p. 28. Retrieved 12 April 2024– via Scriptorium.
  10. 1 2 3 "Radio/Televisie" [Radio/Television]. Leidse Courant (in Dutch). Leiden, Netherlands. 4 June 1991. p. 15. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  11. ↑ "TV Sønsdag" [TV Sunday]. Bergens Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Bergen, Norway. 9 June 1991. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 12 April 2024– via National Library of Norway.
  12. ↑ "TV Onsdag" [TV Wednesday]. Bergens Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Bergen, Norway. 9 June 1991. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 12 April 2024– via National Library of Norway.
  13. ↑ "Mercredi - 5 juin" [Wednesday - June 5]. Radio TV8 (in French). Lausanne, Switzerland: Héliographia SA. 28 May 1991. p. 34. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  14. ↑ "Programmübersicht" [Programme Overview]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Zurich, Switzerland. 5 June 1991. p. 32. Retrieved 8 October 2024– via E-newspaperarchives.ch.
  15. 1 2 "TV Beograd – Prvi program" [TV Belgrade – First program]. Borba (in Serbian). Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia. 6 June 1991. p. 31. Retrieved 28 September 2024– via Pretraživa digitalna biblioteka.
  16. 1 2 "Hrvatska televizija – nedjelja, 28. srpnja" [Croatian television – Sunday, 28 July]. Glas Podravine (in Serbo-Croatian). Koprivnica, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia. 26 July 1991. p. 8. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  17. 1 2 "Programmübersicht – Samstag" [Programme overview – Saturday]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Zurich, Switzerland. 22 June 1991. p. 31. Retrieved 24 January 2025– via E-newspaperarchives.ch.
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