Eurovision Young Dancers 1993 was the 5th edition of Eurovision Young Dancers. It consisted of a semi-final on 13 June and a final on 15 June 1993, held at the in Stockholm, Sweden, and presented by Anneli Alhanko and John Chrispinsson. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT).
Dancers representing fifteen countries took part in the competition, with eight of them participating in the televised final. Estonia, Greece, Poland and Slovenia made their début with Austria returning, while Bulgaria, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal deciding not to participate, and Yugoslavia being banned from entering the contest. This was Estonia's first participation in any Eurovision event, as their prospective début at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 did not advance past the pre-qualifying round, leading to their début in that event the following year.
The winner was Zenaida Yanowsky representing Spain, with Kusha Alexi representing Switzerland placing second, and representing Austria and representing France both placing third. The prizes were presented by Princess Christina, the youngest sister of Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden.
Location
The in Stockholm, Sweden, was the host venue for the 1993 edition of Eurovision Young Dancers.https://legacycatalog.nypl.org/record=b12486377
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.
As in 1991, the interval featured a documentary about the dancers that did not make it to the final.
Participants and results Preliminary round Broadcasters from fifteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1993 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.
Country Broadcaster Dancer(s) Dance Choreographer RTBF Rafaella Raschella The Sleeping Beauty M. Petipa CyBC Lia Haraki Sunrise - Sunset from Out of Silence N. Loizidu DR Julie Strandberg and Mads Blangstrup The Flower Festival in Genzano A. Bournonville ETV and The Flower Festival in Genzano A. Bournonville ERT Theodora Bourbou Esmeralda M. Petipa NRK Kristine Oren The Snark S. Edvardsen RTVSLO Ursa Vidmar Don Quixote M. Fokin
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 Zenaida Yanowsky Esmeralda M. Petipa 1 SRG SSR The Corsair M. Petipa 2 ORF Vayamos al diablo, 5 Tangos H. van Manen 3 Paquita, 2nd variation” from “Pas de trois M. Petipa 3 YLE Vague Woman from Symphony no. 1 H. Heikkinen ZDF Jens Weber and Franziska Koch Tchaikovsky – Pas de Deux G. Balanchine TVP and Jacek Bres Esmeralda A. Vaganova SVT Ludde Hagberg Coppelia A. Saint-Léon
Jury members The jury members consisted of the following:
– (Head of Jury) – Birgit Cullberg – Frank Andersen / – – – Peter Van Dyk – María de Ávila – Heinz Spoerli – – Pierre Lacotte – Elsa-Marianne von Rosen – Elisabetta Terabust – Jorma Uotinen
Broadcasts
The 1993 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in at least 15 countries. 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 RTBF RTBF1 CyBC RIK 2 DR DR TV Erik Aschengreen and Niels Oxenvad ETV YLE TV1 France 3 ZDF ERT ET1 NRK TVP TVP2 RTVSLO TVE SVT Kanal 1, TV2 and https://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001715219 SRG SSR
+ Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) ČT ČT2 RAI Rai Uno
See also Eurovision Song Contest 1993
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