Eurovision Young Dancers 1995

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Eurovision Young Dancers 1995
Eurovision Young Dancers 1995 logo.png
Dates
Semi-final3 June 1995
Final6 June 1995
Host
Venue Palais de Beaulieu
Lausanne, Switzerland
Presenter(s)
Host broadcaster Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR)
Website youngdancers.tv/event/lausanne-1995 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Participants
Number of entries15
Debuting countries
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 1995
Vote
Voting systemA professional jury chose the finalists and the top 3 performances
Winning dancersFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Jesús Pastor Sauquillo and Ruth Miró Salvador
1993  Eurovision Young Dancers  1997

The Eurovision Young Dancers 1995 was the sixth edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 6 June 1995. [1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), dancers from nine countries participated in the televised final. A total of fifteen countries took part in the competition. Hungary and Russia made their début while Denmark and Estonia decided not to participate. [1] However, the Danish broadcaster DR broadcast the event as did the broadcasters in Bulgaria and Romania. [1]

Contents

The semi-final took place days 3 before the final (3 June 1995). Like in the previous contests, each country could participate with one or two dancers, male or female, not older than 19, that could perform one or two different dances: either a 2 variations (individual) no longer than 5 minutes each or a pas de deux (couples) no longer than 10 minutes. [1]

The disqualified countries were, Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Norway and Slovenia. Spain, represented by Jesús Pastor Sahuquillo and Ruth Miró Salvador, won the contest for the 4th time (3rd in a row) with Sweden and Belgium placing second and third respectively. [2]

Location

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Palais de Beaulieu

Palais de Beaulieu, a convention centre in Lausanne, Switzerland, was the host venue for the 1995 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers. [1]

The centre includes the Théâtre de Beaulieu concert, dance and theatre hall and hosted the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest. With 1,850 seats, the Théâtre de Beaulieu is the biggest theatre in Switzerland. [3] The Prix de Lausanne, an international ballet competition, is hosted at the centre.

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'. [4]

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. [4]

The interval act this year was Moments in a garden of Spain: a flamenco show performed by Nina Corti and her musicians. [1]

Results

Preliminary round

Broadcasters from fifteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1995 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify. [1]

CountryBroadcasterDancerDanceChoreographer
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland YLE Janna EklundLa Esmeralda: Variation de DianeA. Vaganova
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany ZDF Irina SchlahtLa EsmeraldaM. Petipa
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia RTVSLO Damjan MohorkoLa Fille mal gardée: Variation de ColasM. Petipa and L. Ivanov
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway NRK Maria MikalsenLes mots sont allésI. Bjørnsgaard
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus CyBC Carolina ConstadinouLa EsmeraldaM. Petipa
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary MTV Sara WeiszDeathT. Juronics

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
1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece ERT Franghiskos ToumbakarisOndine: variation acte IIJ. Neumeier
2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland TVP Filip BarankiewiczPaquitaM. Petipa
3Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland SRG SSR Anne-Catherine HallerRaymondaM. Petipa
4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria ORF Oliver PreissTaras Bulba: GopakR. Zakharov
5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia RTR Maria Alexandrova Coppélia: variation de SwanildaM. Petipa
6Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium BRTN Jeroen HofmansGiselle: variation du paysanM. Petipa, J. Coralli and J. Perrot3
7Flag of France.svg  France France Télévision Karl PaquetteLa BayadèreR. Noureev
8Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden SVT Nadja Sellrup Grand pas classiqueV. Gsovsky2
9Flag of Spain.svg  Spain TVE Jesús Pastor Sahuquillo and Ruth Miró SalvadorArrayan DaraxaV. Ullate1

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following: [1]

Broadcasting

The 1995 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in 18 countries. [5] Bulgaria, Denmark, and Romania broadcast the contest in addition to the competing countries. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Austria.svg Austria ORF ORF 2 [a] [6]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium RTBF Télé 21 [7]
BRTN
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Cyprus CyBC
Flag of Finland.svg Finland YLE
Flag of France.svg France France Télévision France 3 [b] [8] [9]
Flag of Germany.svg Germany ZDF [c] [7]
Flag of Greece.svg Greece ERT
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary MTV
Flag of Norway.svg Norway NRK
Flag of Poland.svg Poland TVP TVP2 [10]
Flag of Russia.svg Russia RTR
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia RTVSLO
Flag of Spain.svg Spain TVE
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden SVT SVT1
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland SRG SSR Schweiz 4, Suisse 4 [11]
Broadcasters in non-participating countries
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria BNT
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark DR DR TV Niels Oxenvad [12]
Flag of Romania.svg Romania TVR

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. Delayed broadcast in a shortened format on 17 June at 15:15 (CET) [6]
  2. Delayed broadcast, in a shortened format; contest featured as part of the programme Musique Graffiti from 4 November [8] to 2 December [9]
  3. Delayed broadcast in a shortned format on 7 June at 00:00 (CET) [7]

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