Eurovision Young Dancers 1991 was the 4th edition of Eurovision Young Dancers, held on 5 June 1991 at the Helsinki City Theatre in Helsinki, Finland, and presented by Taina Elg and . It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Yleisradio (YLE).
Dancers representing fifteen countries took part in the competition, with eight of them participating in the televised final. Bulgaria made their début (making this the first Eurovision event to feature a former Warsaw Pact country ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest 1994), while Austria, Canada and United Kingdom chose not to send an entry. However, the Austrian broadcaster ÖRF and the Canadian CBC broadcast the event.
Each participating broadcaster could send one or two dancers, male or female, who could perform one or two dances.
The winner was Amaya Iglesias representing Spain, with Emmanuel Thibault representing France placing second, and Johan Kobborg representing Denmark placing third.
Location
Helsinki City Theatre, was the host venue for the 1991 edition of Eurovision Young Dancers.
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'.
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.
During the interval a documentary by Finnish journalist about the early stages of the competition and the dancers who did not reach the final was broadcast.
Participants and results Preliminary round Broadcasters from fifteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1991 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify. Country Broadcaster Dancer(s) Dance Choreographer RAI Alen Bottaini Grand pas classique V. Gsovsky RTBF Vanessa Eertmans Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings in D minor D. Sonnenbluck YLE Titta-Tuulia Karhunen and Pasi Sinisalo Le Corsaire M. Petipa RTP Sonia Lima Don Quixote M. Petipa NRK Ingrid Trøite Lorentzen Don Quixote M. Petipa CyBC Hélène O'Keefe Glorianna, Hymne à la femme N. Mújaszí JRT Ana Pavlovic Coppelia K. Damjanov
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. Country Broadcaster Dancer(s) Dance Choreographer Result TVE Amaya Iglesias Variations from "La Grisi" L. de Ávila 1 FR3 Emmanuel Thibault La Sylphide F. Taglioni 2 DR Johan Kobborg La Sylphide A. Bournonville 3 BNT Diliana Nikiforova The Sleeping Beauty M. Petipa ZDF Celia Volk Le Corsaire M. Petipa NOS Boris de Leeuw Prelude to a Kis P. de Ruiter SVT Kim Saveus Le Corsaire M. Petipa SRG SSR Sarah Locher The Sleeping Beauty M. Petipa
Jury members The jury members consisted of the following:
– Jorma Uotinen (Head of Jury) – Josette Amiel – Frank Andersen / – – Peter Van Dyk – André-Philippe Hersin – Heinz Spoerli – Gösta Svalberg – Víctor Ullate
Broadcasting The 1991 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in 17 countries including Austria and Canada. 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) RTBF Benoît Jacques de Dixmude BNT CyBC RIK DR DR TV Niels Oxenvad YLE TV1 ZDF RAI NOS Nederland 3 Boris de Leeuw NRK RTP TVE SVT Kanal 1 Jacob Dahlin SRG SSR JRT TV Beograd 1 HTV 1
+ Broadcasters in non-participating countries Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) ORF FS2 CBC
See also Eurovision Song Contest 1991
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