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)
Directed byIzan Lewenstam
Executive supervisorFrank Naef
Executive producerAarno Cronvall
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

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

CountryParticipantDanceChoreographer
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Alen BottainiGrand pas classiqueV. Gsovsky
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Vanessa EertmansConcerto for Harpsichord and Strings in D minorD. Sonnenbluck
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Titta-Tuulia Karhunen and Pasi Sinisalo"Le Corsaire"M. Petipa
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Sonia Lima"Don Quixote"M. Petipa
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Ingrid Trøite Lorentzen "Don Quixote"M. Petipa
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus Hélène O'Keefe"Glorianna, Hymne à la femme"N. Mújaszí
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Ana Pavlovic"Coppelia"K. Damjanov

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]

PlaceCountryParticipantDanceChoreographer
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Amaya IglesiasVariations from "La Grisi"L. de Ávila
2Flag of France.svg  France Emmanuel Thibault "La Sylphide"F. Taglioni
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Johan Kobborg "La Sylphide"A. Bournonville
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Diliana Nikiforova"The Sleeping Beauty"M. Petipa
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Celia Volk"Le Corsaire"M. Petipa
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Boris de Leeuw"Prelude to a Kiss"P. de Ruiter
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Kim Saveus"Le Corsaire"M. Petipa
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Sarah Locher"The Sleeping Beauty"M. 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]

Broadcasters in participating countries
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium RTBF Télé 21 [lower-alpha 1] 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 [lower-alpha 2] Niels Oxenvad [7]
Flag of Finland.svg Finland YLE TV1 [8]
Flag of France.svg France FR3 [lower-alpha 3] Alain Duault  [ fr ] [9]
Flag of Germany.svg Germany ZDF [lower-alpha 4] [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 TV DRS [13]
TSR Chaîne nationale Jean-Pierre Pastori  [ fr ]
TSI Canale nazionale
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia JRT HTV 1 [14]
Broadcasters in non-participating countries
CountryBroadcaster
Flag of Austria.svg Austria ORF
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada CBC

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. Deferred broadcast on 6 June at 20:00 CEST (19:00 UTC) [5]
  2. Delayed broadcast on 9 June at 21:50 CET (20:50 UTC) [7]
  3. Delayed broadcast on 7 June at 22:45 CET (21:45 UTC) [7]
  4. Delayed broadcast at 22:25 CET (21:25 UTC) [10]

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