Eurovision Young Dancers 1987

Eurovision Young Dancers 1987
Dates
Final 31 May 1987
Host
Venue Schlosstheater Schwetzingen, Schwetzingen, Germany
Presenter(s) Margot Werner
Directed by Hugo Käch
Executive supervisor Frank Naef
Executive producer Harro Eisele
Host broadcaster Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
Interval act Arne Fagerholt in Kjersti Alverberg's 'Spirits'
Participants
Number of entries 14
Debuting countries
Withdrawing countries None
Participation map
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Voting system A professional jury chose the top 3 participants.
Winning dancers  Denmark Rose Gad Poulsen & Nikolaj Hübbe

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 début at the contest, while Belgium and Netherlands competed together with a joint entry.[1]

For the first time ever, the Canadian broadcaster CBC (EBU Associate Member) joined the show with its participant. 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

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. Once all the jury votes have been counted, the two participants which received the highest total of points progress to a final round. The final round consists of a 90-second 'dual', were each of the finalists perform a 45-second random dance-off routine. The overall winner upon completion of the final dances is chosen by the professional jury members.[3]

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]

PlaceCountryParticipantDanceChoreographer
1 DenmarkRose Gad Poulsen & Nikolaj HübbeDivertissement from “La Sylphide”A. Bournonville
2  SwitzerlandFrédéric GafnerVariation from the first act of “La Sylphide”A. Bournonville
3 West GermanyStefanie ArndtVariation from “Le Corsaire”M. Petipa
- AustriaErika NowakVariation of the girl friends from "Raymonda"M. Petipa & R. Nureyev
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 Netherlands[lower-alpha 1]Marieke Simons & Bart de BlockBlue Bird Pas de deux from “Sleeping Beauty”M. Petipa
- CanadaStephen LegateVariation from “La Bayadère”M. Petipa & N. Makarova
- FinlandSusanna Aaltonen & Tomi PaasonenPas de deux Odette/Siegfried from the second act of “Swan Lake”L. Ivanov
- FranceMarie-Soizic CabiéAurora's variation from the first act of “Sleeping Beauty”M. Petipa
- ItalyGiulia MenicucciVariation from “Giselle”J. Coralli & J. J. Perrot
- NorwayHalldis Ólafsdóttir"Paper Nut"J. Day
- SpainMaría Montserrat LeónVariation from “Le Corsaire”M. Petipa
- SwedenJohannes ÖhmanFranz's variation from the third act of “Coppelia”K. Damianov
- United KingdomPaul Liburd"Under Summer"R. Cohan
- YugoslaviaVedrana OstojicVariation from “Le Corsaire”M. Petipa

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:[1]

Broadcasting

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

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Belgium and Netherlands competed together with a joint entry. In the competition, the two dancers represented the Dutch colors.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Eurovision Young Dancers 1987: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Eurovision Young Dancers 1987: Participants". youngdancers.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.
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