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)	Anneli Alhanko John Chrispinsson
Executive supervisor	Christian Clausen
Host broadcaster	Sveriges Television (SVT)
Website	youngdancers.tv/event/stockholm-1993
Participants
Number of entries	15
Debuting countries	Estonia   Greece   Poland   Slovenia
Returning countries	Austria
Non-returning countries	Bulgaria   Italy   Netherlands   Portugal   Yugoslavia [a]
Participation map frameless}}      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
1991 ←  Eurovision Young Dancers  → 1995

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. ^[1] 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 deciding not to participate. ^[1]

As in 1989 and 1991, a semi-final was held to choose the finalists. The semi-final 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. ^[1]

The non-qualified countries were Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Italy, Norway, Portugal and Slovenia. Zenaida Yanowsky of Spain won the contest, with Switzerland and Austria and France placing second and joint third respectively. ^[2]

Location

Further informationon the host venue: sv:Dansens hus

Dance House, Stockholm

The Dance House in Stockholm, Sweden, was the host venue for the 1993 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]

As in 1991, the interval featured a documentary about the dancers that did not make it to the final. ^[1]

Results

Preliminary round

Broadcasters from fifteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1993 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify. ^[1]

Country	Broadcaster	Dancer(s)	Dance	Choreographer
Belgium	RTBF	Rafaella Raschella	The Sleeping Beauty	M. Petipa
Cyprus	CyBC	Lia Haraki	Sunrise - Sunset from Out of Silence	N. Loizidu
Denmark	DR	Julie Strandberg and Mads Blangstrup	The Flower Festival in Genzano	A. Bournonville
Estonia	ETV	Stanislav Jermakov and Luana Georg	The Flower Festival in Genzano	A. Bournonville
Greece	ERT	Theodora Bourbou	Esmeralda	M. Petipa
Norway	NRK	Kristine Oren	The Snark	S. Edvardsen
Slovenia	RTVSLO	Ursa Vidmar	Don Quixote	M. Fokin

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/O	Country	Broadcaster	Dancer(s)	Dance	Choreographer	Result
	Spain	TVE	Zenaida Yanowsky	Esmeralda	M. Petipa	1
	Switzerland	SRG SSR	Kusha Angst	The Corsair	M. Petipa	2
	Austria	ORF	Gregor Hatala	Vayamos al diablo, 5 Tangos	H. van Manen	3
	France	France Télévision	Raphaëlle Delaunay-Belleville	Paquita, 2nd variation” from “Pas de trois	M. Petipa	3
	Finland	YLE	Riina Laurila	Vague Woman from Symphony no. 1	H. Heikkinen
	Germany	ZDF	Jens Weber and Franziska Koch	Tchaikovsky – Pas de Deux	G. Balanchine
	Poland	TVP	Anna Sasiadek and Jacek Bres	Esmeralda	A. Vaganova
	Sweden	SVT	Ludde Hagberg	Coppelia	A. Saint-Léon

Jury members

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

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

Broadcasts

The 1993 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in at least 15 countries. 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

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Austria	ORF
Belgium	RTBF	RTBF1 [b]		[4]
Cyprus	CyBC	RIK 2		[5]
Denmark	DR	DR TV	Erik Aschengreen and Niels Oxenvad	[6]
Estonia	ETV [c]			[7]
Finland	YLE	TV1		[8]
France	France Télévision	France 3 [d]	Alain Duault  [ fr ]	[9]
Germany	ZDF [e]			[10]
Greece	ERT	ET1		[11]
Norway	NRK	NRK Fjernsynet [f]		[12]
Poland	TVP	TVP2		[13]
Slovenia	RTVSLO
Spain	TVE
Sweden	SVT	Kanal 1, TV2		[14]
Switzerland	SRG SSR
		SRG Sportkette  [ de ]		[10] [9]
		SSR Chaîne sportive	Jean-Pierre Pastori  [ fr ]
		TSI Canale sportivo

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref.
Czech Republic	ČT	ČT2 [g]		[15]

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Notes and references

Footnotes

1. Yugoslavia did not exist as such since 1992
2. Delayed broadcast on 20 June at 16:05 CET (15:05 UTC) ^[4]
3. Delayed broadcast on 25 June at 21:45 EET (19:45 UTC) ^[7]
4. Delayed broadcast at 23:10 CET (22:10 UTC) ^[9]
5. Delayed broadcast at 23:00 CET (22:00 UTC) ^[10]
6. Delayed broadcast on 20 June at 16:30 CET (15:30 UTC) ^[12]
7. Delayed broadcast in a shortened format on 28 May 1994 at 20:10 (CEST) ^[15]

References

1. "Eurovision Young Dancers 1993: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
2. "Eurovision Young Dancers 1993: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
3. "Eurovision Young Dancers - Format". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
4. "TV buitenland zondag" [TV abroad Sunday]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Rotterdam, Netherlands. 19 June 1993. p. 5. Retrieved 22 April 2024– via Delpher.
5. "ΡΙΚ 2" [RIK 2]. I Simerini (in Greek). Nicosia, Cyprus. 15 June 1993. p. 6. Retrieved 22 April 2024– via Press and Information Office  [ el ].
6. "Alle tiders programoversigter – Tirsdag den 15. juni 1993" [All-time programme overviews – Tuesday 15th June 1993]. DR . Retrieved 9 April 2024.
7. "Televisiooni nädalakava 21. juuni – 27. juuni" [Television weekly schedule 21 June – 27 June]. Päevaleht (in Estonian). 21 May 1993. pp. 14–15. Retrieved 22 April 2024– via DIGAR Eesti artiklid.
8. "Televisiooni nädalakava 14. juuni – 20. juuni" [Television weekly schedule 14 June – 20 June]. Päevaleht (in Estonian). 14 June 1993. pp. 14–15. Retrieved 22 April 2024– via DIGAR Eesti artiklid.
9. "Programmes TV – mardi 15 juin" [TV programmes – Tuesday 15 June]. TV8 (in French). Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland: Ringier. 10 June 1993. pp. 28–31. Retrieved 26 October 2022– via Scriptorium.
10. "Fernsehen" [Television]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 15 June 1993. p. 30. Retrieved 22 April 2024– via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
11. "ET1" [ET1]. I Simerini (in Greek). Nicosia, Cyprus. 15 June 1993. p. 6. Retrieved 22 April 2024– via Press and Information Office  [ el ].
12. "Radio og TV – søndag 20. mai" [Radio and TV – Tuesday 20 May]. Moss Avis (in Norwegian). 19 June 1993. p. 37. Retrieved 22 April 2024– via National Library of Norway.
13. "Program telewizyjny" [Television programme]. Gazeta Jarocińska (in Polish). 11 June 1993. p. 23. Archived from the original on 23 April 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
14. "Radio og TV – tirsdag 15. mai" [Radio and TV – Tuesday 15 May]. Moss Avis (in Norwegian). 15 June 1993. p. 37. Retrieved 22 April 2024– via National Library of Norway.
15. "sobota 28. května" [Saturday 28 May]. Týdeník Rozhlas  [ cs ] (in Czech). Vol. 4, no. 22. Prague, Czech Republic. 16 June 1994. p. 14. Retrieved 24 January 2025– via Kramerius  [ cs ].

External links

• Official website