Eurovision Young Dancers 1989 was the 3rd edition of Eurovision Young Dancers, held on 28 June 1989 at the Palais des Congrès in Paris, France, and presented by Zizi Jeanmaire and . It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster France Régions 3 (FR3).
Dancers representing seventeen countries took part in the competition, with ten of them participating in the televised final. Cyprus and Portugal made their debut at the contest.
The participating broadcaster could send one or two dancers, male or female, that could not be older than 19. Each dancer was free to participate in any of these two categories: classical dancing or contemporary, modern or jazz dancing. The pas de deux performances could not be longer than ten minutes, while the variations could not be longer than five minutes. There were four awards that year: contemporary dancing prize, classical dancing prize and two jury's special prizes (also for contemporary and classical dance).
Agnès Letestu representing France won the contemporary dance prize, with Tetsuya Kumakawa representing the United Kingdom winning the classical ballet prize.
Location
The Palais des congrès de Paris, a concert venue, convention centre and shopping mall in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France, was the host venue for the 1989 edition of Eurovision Young Dancers.
The venue was built by French architect Guillaume Gillet, and was inaugurated in 1974. The venue hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1978. Nearby the venue are Bois de Boulogne and the affluent neighbourhood of Neuilly-sur-Seine. The closest métro and RER stations are Porte Maillot and Neuilly – Porte Maillot, accessible via the lower levels of the building.
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 the dancers then take part in a choreographed group dance during 'Young Dancers Week'.
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.
The opening act was "Mon truc en plumes" performed by host Zizi Jeanmaire with her dancers and for the interval "Concerto en Ré" by L'École du Ballet de l'Ópera de Paris.
Participants and results Due to time restrictions, a semi-final was held to select the ten performers for the final.
Preliminary round Broadcasters from sixteen countries took part in the preliminary semi-final round of the 1989 contest, of which ten qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.
Country Broadcaster Dancer(s) RAI Danilo Mazzota CyBC Hélène O'Keefe CBC/Radio-Canada Cherice Barton JRT Dino Baksa RTP Ana Lacerda NRK Hilde Olsen ORF Jürgen Wagner
Final +Participants and results Country Broadcaster Dancer(s) Dance(s) Prize FR3 Agnès Letestu Grand pas classiqueNotre Dame de Paris Contemporary Dance Prize BBC Tetsuya Kumakawa Don Quixote: Kolya's variation Classical Ballet Prize SRG SSR Christina McDermott Le CorsaireEsmeralda Jury's special prize (Classical) TVE María Giménez and Igor Yebra Arraigo Jury's special prize (Contemporary) RTBF Géraldine Boussart La Crevèche DR Rachel Hester and Martin Vedel Pavane YLE Petri Toivanen Don QuichotteNorbotten NOS Gaby Baars and Léon Pronk Bruicheath SVT Marie Lindqvist 3rd act of Sleeping BeautyPaquita ZDF Patrick Becker VaslawDaphnis et Chloé
Jury members The jury members consisted of the following:
– Roland Petit (Head of jury) – Frank Andersen – – – Igor Eisner – John Neumeier – Ekaterina Maximova – Heinz Spoerli – Vladimir Vasiliev
Broadcasts The 1989 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in 19 countries including Jordan and Bulgaria. 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) ORF FS2 RTBF Télé 21 TV5 TV5 Québec Canada CyBC RIK DR DR TV Niels Oxenvad FR3 TV5 TV5 Europe 3sat Jens Wendland ZDF RAI Rai Tre NOS Nederland 3 Joop van Zijl and Jan Linkens NRK NRK Fjernsynet Eyvind Solås TVE TVE 2 SVT Kanal 1 SRG SSR Verena Hoehne BBC BBC2 Judith Mackrell and Richard Alston JRT TV Beograd 2 TV Zagreb 2
+ Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) BT BT 1
See also Eurovision Song Contest 1989
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