Eurovision Young Dancers 1995 was the 6th edition of Eurovision Young Dancers. It consisted of a semi-final on 3 June and a final on 6 June 1995, held at Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne, Switzerland, and presented by Géraldine Chaplin and . It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR).
Dancers representing fifteen countries took part in the competition, with nine of them participating in the televised final. Hungary and Russia made their début while Denmark and Estonia decided not to participate. However, the Danish broadcaster DR broadcast the event as did the broadcasters in Bulgaria and Romania.
Like in the previous contests, each participating broadcaster could enter 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.
The winner was the duo Jesús Pastor Sahuquillo and Ruth Miró Salvador representing Spain, with Nadja Sellrup representing Sweden placing second, and Jeroen Hofmans representing Belgium placing third. This was the 4th win for Spain in the competition (3rd in a row).
Location
Palais de Beaulieu, a convention centre in Lausanne, Switzerland, was the host venue for the 1995 edition of Eurovision Young Dancers.
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. Mathieu Signorell, "Beaulieu lâche les congrès pour les infirmiers après l'échec de Taoua", 24 heures, Saturday 14 February 2015. 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'.
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 interval act this year was Moments in a garden of Spain: a flamenco show performed by Nina Corti and her musicians.
Participants and results Preliminary round Broadcasters from fifteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1995 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.
Country Broadcaster Dancer Dance Choreographer YLE Janna Eklund La Esmeralda: Variation de Diane A. Vaganova ZDF Irina Schlaht La Esmeralda M. Petipa RTVSLO Damjan Mohorko La Fille mal gardée: Variation de Colas M. Petipa and L. Ivanov NRK Maria Mikalsen Les mots sont allés I. Bjørnsgaard CyBC Carolina Constadinou La Esmeralda M. Petipa MTV Sara Weisz Death T. Juronics
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 1 ERT Franghiskos Toumbakaris Ondine: variation acte II J. Neumeier 2 TVP Paquita M. Petipa 3 SRG SSR Anne-Catherine Haller Raymonda M. Petipa 4 ORF Oliver Preiss Taras Bulba: Gopak R. Zakharov 5 RTR Maria Alexandrova Coppélia: variation de Swanilda M. Petipa 6 BRTN Jeroen Hofmans Giselle: variation du paysan M. Petipa, J. Coralli and J. Perrot 3 7 La Bayadère R. Noureev 8 SVT Nadja Sellrup Grand pas classique V. Gsovsky 2 9 TVE Jesús Pastor Sahuquillo and Ruth Miró Salvador Arrayan Daraxa V. Ullate 1
Jury members The jury members consisted of the following:
– Heinz Spoerli (Head of Jury) / – Maurice Béjart (Honorary guest of the Jury) / – / – – – Peter Van Dyk / – Beatriz Consuelo – Víctor Ullate – – Pierre Lacotte – Youri Vámos – Jorma Uotinen
Broadcasting The 1995 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in 18 countries. Bulgaria, Denmark, and Romania broadcast the contest in addition to the competing countries. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) ORF ORF 2 RTBF BRTN CyBC YLE TV1 and France 3 ZDF 3sat https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=WAB19951028-01.2.191 ERT MTV M2 NRK NRK Fjernsynet TVP TVP2 RTR RTVSLO TVE SVT SVT1 SRG SSR Schweiz 4, Suisse 4
+ Broadcasters in non-participating countries Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) BNT DR DR TV Niels Oxenvad TVR
See also Eurovision Song Contest 1995
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