Eurovision Young Dancers 1997 was the 7th edition of Eurovision Young Dancers. It consisted of a semi-final on 11 June presented by and Bogusław Kaczyński, and a final on 17 June 1997 presented by Torbicka and , held at the in Gdynia, Poland. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP).
Dancers representing thirteen countries took part in the competition, with seven of them participating in the televised final. Latvia and Slovakia made their début while five countries (Austria, France, Norway, Russia and Switzerland) decided not to participate. However, France, Switzerland, Norway and, for the first time Ireland, broadcast the event.
The participating broadcasters could send one or two dancers, male or female, who performed one or two dances.
The winner was Antonio Carmena San José representing Spain, with Alain Honorez representing Belgium placing second, and Tim Matiakis representing Sweden placing third. This was the 5th win for Spain in the competition (4th in a row).
Location
, a theatre in Gdynia, Poland, was the host venue for the 1997 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. 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.
Folk dance group "Bazuny" performed as the interval act.
Participants and results Preliminary round Broadcasters from thirteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1997 contest, of which seven qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify. Country Broadcaster Dancer Dance Choreographer CyBC Carolina Constantinou La Bayadère M. Petipa ETV Don Quixote: Quitry Variations M. Petipa ZDF Valentina Scaglia Le Conservatoire H.S. Paulli and A. Bournonville RTVSLO Ana Klasnja Pas de deux G. Balanchine MTV Gabor Kapin La Sylphide A. Bournonville ERT Nefeli Markaki Pas de deux G. Balanchine
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 RTBF Alain Honorez The Sleeping Beauty M. Petipa 2 2 LTV Viktorija Jansone Sleeping Beauty: Aurora's variation M. Petipa 3 SVT Tim Matiakis Paquita M. Petipa 3 4 Yle Salla Suominen Romeo and Juliet: Juliet's variation E. Sylvestersen 5 STV Roman Lazik La Sylphide A. Bournonville 6 TVP Magdalena Dzięgielewska and Bartosz Anczykowski Paquita - Grand pas de deux F. Capouste 7 TVE Antonio Carmena San José Angelitos Locos J.C. Santamaría 1
Jury members The jury members consisted of the following:
– Maya Plisetskaya (Head of Jury) / – – – – Uwe Scholz – Gösta Svalberg – Heinz Spoerli
Broadcasts
The 1997 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in 17 countries. France, Ireland, Norway, and Switzerland broadcast it 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.
+ Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) RTBF Benoît Jacques de Dixmude BRTN TV2 CyBC ETV Yle ZDF ERT MTV TV1 LTV TVP STV RTVSLO TVE SVT SVT1 https://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001744135
+ Broadcasters in non-participating countries Country Broadcaster(s) Channel(s) Commentator(s) France 3 RTÉ NRK NRK2 SRG SSR
See also Eurovision Song Contest 1997
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