Eurovision Young Dancers 1991

The Eurovision Young Dancers 1991 was the fourth edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Helsinki City Theatre in Helsinki, Finland on 5 June 1991.[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Yleisradio (YLE), dancers from eight countries participated in the televised final. A total of fifteen countries took part in the competition. Bulgaria made their début (making this the first Eurovision event to feature a former Warsaw Pact country ahead of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest), while Austria, Canada and United Kingdom chose not to send an entry.[1] However, the Austrian broadcaster ÖRF and the Canadian CBC broadcast the event.

Eurovision Young Dancers 1991
Dates
Final5 June 1991
Host
VenueHelsinki City Theatre, Helsinki, Finland
Presenter(s)
Directed byIzan Lewenstam
Executive supervisorFrank Naef
Executive producerAarno Cronvall
Host broadcasterYleisradio (YLE)
Websiteyoungdancers.tv/event/helsinki-1991
Participants
Number of entries15
Debuting countries Bulgaria
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countries
Participation map
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         Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi-final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1991
Vote
Voting systemA professional jury chose the top 3 participants.
Winning dancers Spain
Amaya Iglesias

Each country could send one or two dancers, male or female, who could perform one or two dances.

The non-qualified countries were Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Italy, Norway, Portugal and Yugoslavia. Amaya Iglesias of Spain won the contest, with France and Denmark placing second and third respectively.[2]

Location
Further information on the host venue: Helsinki City Theatre
Helsinki City Theatre

Helsinki City Theatre, was the host venue for the 1991 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.[1]

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'.[3]

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.[3]

During the interval a documentary by Finnish journalist Eila-Maija Mirolybov about the early stages of the competition and the dancers who did not reach the final was broadcast.[1]

Results

Preliminary round

A total of fifteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1991 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following countries failed to qualify.[1]

CountryParticipantDanceChoreographer
 ItalyAlen BottainiGrand pas classiqueV. Gsovsky
 BelgiumVanessa EertmansConcerto for Harpsichord and Strings in D minorD. Sonnenbluck
 FinlandTitta-Tuulia Karhunen and Pasi Sinisalo"Le Corsaire"M. Petipa
 PortugalSonia Lima"Don Quixote"M. Petipa
 NorwayIngrid Trøite Lorentzen"Don Quixote"M. Petipa
 CyprusHélène O'Keefe"Glorianna, Hymne à la femme"N. Mújaszí
 YugoslaviaAna Pavlovic"Coppelia"K. Damjanov

Final

Awards were given to the top three countries. 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.[2]

PlaceCountryParticipantDanceChoreographer
1 SpainAmaya IglesiasVariations from "La Grisi"L. de Ávila
2 FranceEmmanuel Thibault"La Sylphide"F. Taglioni
3 DenmarkJohan Kobborg"La Sylphide"A. Bournonville
– BulgariaDiliana Nikiforova"The Sleeping Beauty"M. Petipa
– GermanyCelia Volk"Le Corsaire"M. Petipa
– NetherlandsBoris de Leeuw"Prelude to a Kiss"P. de Ruiter
– SwedenKim Saveus"Le Corsaire"M. Petipa
–  SwitzerlandSarah Locher"The Sleeping Beauty"M. Petipa

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:[1]

Broadcasting

The 1991 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in 17 countries including Austria and Canada.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Eurovision Young Dancers 1991: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. "Eurovision Young Dancers 1991: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. "Eurovision Young Dancers – Format". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  4. "Eurovision Young Dancers 1991". Issuu. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
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