Eurovision Young Dancers 1995

Eurovision Young Dancers 1995
Dates
Semi-final 3 June 1995
Final 6 June 1995
Host
Venue Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland
Presenter(s)
Host broadcaster Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR)
Interval act "Moments in a garden of Spain": Flamenco show by Nina Corti and her musicians
Participants
Number of entries 15
Debuting countries
Returning countries None
Withdrawing countries
Participation map
  • SpainGermanyPolandArmeniaKosovoBelarusSloveniaNorwayNetherlandsCzech RepublicSwedenUkrainePortugalFranceItalyBelgiumUnited KingdomDenmarkSwitzerlandAustriaSlovakiaCroatiaRomaniaGreeceBulgariaHungaryCyprusRussiaFinlandLatviaEstoniaCanadaframeless}}
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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 system A professional jury chose the finalists and the top 3 performances
Winning dancers  Spain
Jesús Pastor Sauquillo & Ruth Miró Salvador

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 withdrew.[1] However, the Danish broadcaster DR broadcast the event as did Bulgaria and Romania.[1]

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 4th time (3rd in a row) with Sweden and Belgium placing second and third respectively.[2]

Location

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. 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.[4]

Results

Preliminary round

A total of fifteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1995 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final.[1]

CountryNameResult
 FinlandJanna EklundFailed to qualify
 BelgiumJeroen HofmansQualified
 GermanyIrina SchlahtFailed to qualify
 RussiaMaria AlexandrovaQualified
 SloveniaDamjan MohorkoFailed to qualify
 NorwayMaria MikalsenFailed to qualify
 AustriaOliver PreissQualified
 GreeceFranghiskos ToumbakarisQualified
 CyprusCarolina ConstadinouFailed to qualify
 HungarySara WeiszFailed to qualify
 PolandFilip BarankiewiczQualified
  SwitzerlandAnne-Catherine HallerQualified
 SwedenNadja SellrupQualified
 FranceKarl PaquetteQualified
 SpainJesús Pastor Sahuquillo & Ruth Miró SalvadorQualified

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]

DrawCountryParticipantDanceChoreographerResult
09 SpainJesús Pastor Sahuquillo & Ruth Miró Salvador“Arrayan Daraxa”V. Ullate1
08 SwedenNadja Sellrup“Grand pas classique”Gsovsky2
06 BelgiumJeroen Hofmans“Giselle: variation du paysan”M. Petipa, J. Coralli & J. Perrot3
04 AustriaOliver Preiss“Taras Bulba: Gopak”R. Zakharov-
07 FranceKarl Paquette“La Bayadère”R. Noureev-
01 GreeceFranghiskos Toumbakaris“Ondine: variation acte II”J. Neumeier-
02 PolandFilip Barankiewicz“Paquita”M. Petipa-
05 RussiaMaria Alexandrova“Coppélia: variation de Swanilda”M. Petipa-
03  SwitzerlandAnne-Catherine Haller“Raymonda”M. Petipa-

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:[1]

  •   Switzerland – Heinz Spoerli (Head of Jury)
  •  France/  Switzerland – Maurice Béjart (Honorary guest of the Jury)
  •  Argentina/  Switzerland – Oscar Araiz
  •  Romania/ France – Gigi Caciuleanu
  •  Italy – Paola Cantalupo
  •  Germany – Peter Van Dyk
  •  Brazil/  Switzerland – Beatriz Consuelo
  •  Spain – Víctor Ullate
  •   Switzerland – Gilbert Mayer
  •  France – Pierre Lacotte
  •  Hungary – Youri Vámos
  •  Finland – Jorma Uotinen

Broadcasting

The 1995 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in 18 countries.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Eurovision Young Dancers 1995: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Eurovision Young Dancers 1995: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. ↑ (in French) Mathieu Signorell, "Beaulieu lâche les congrès pour les infirmiers après l'échec de Taoua", 24 heures, Saturday 14 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Eurovision Young Dancers - Format". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "EYD 1995". Issuu. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
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