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Eurovision Young Dancers 1995

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Eurovision Young Dancers 1995
Dates
Semi-final3 June 1995
Final6 June 1995
Host
VenuePalais de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland
Presenter(s)
Host broadcasterSwiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR)
Websiteyoungdancers.tv/event/lausanne-1995 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries15
Debuting countries
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countries
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         Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi-final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1995
Vote
Voting systemA professional jury chose the finalists and the top 3 performances
Winning dancers Spain
Jesús Pastor Sauquillo and Ruth Miró Salvador
1993 ← Eurovision Young Dancers → 1997

The Eurovision Young Dancers 1995 was the sixth edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne, Switzerland on 6 June 1995.[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), dancers from nine countries participated in the televised final. A total of fifteen countries took part in the competition. Hungary and Russia made their début while Denmark and Estonia decided not to participate.[1] However, the Danish broadcaster DR broadcast the event as did Bulgaria and Romania.[1]

The semi-final took place days 3 before the final (3 June 1995). Like in the previous contests, each country could participate with 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.[1]

The disqualified countries were, Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Norway and Slovenia. Spain, represented by Jesús Pastor Sahuquillo and Ruth Miró Salvador, won the contest for the 4th time (3rd in a row) with Sweden and Belgium placing second and third respectively.[2]

Location

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Further information on the host venue: Palais de Beaulieu
Palais de Beaulieu

Palais de Beaulieu, a convention centre in Lausanne, Switzerland, was the host venue for the 1995 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.[1]

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.[3] The Prix de Lausanne, an international ballet competition, is hosted at the centre.

Format

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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'.[4]

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.[4]

The interval act this year was "Moments in a garden of Spain": a flamenco show performed by Nina Corti and her musicians.[1]

Results

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Preliminary round

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A total of fifteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1995 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following countries failed to qualify.[1]

Country Participant Dance Choreographer
 Finland Janna Eklund "La Esmeralda: Variation de Diane" A. Vaganova
 Germany Irina Schlaht "La Esmeralda" M. Petipa
 Slovenia Damjan Mohorko "La Fille mal gardée: Variation de Colas" M. Petipa and L. Ivanov
 Norway Maria Mikalsen "Les mots sont allés" I. Bjørnsgaard
 Cyprus Carolina Constadinou "La Esmeralda" M. Petipa
 Hungary Sara Weisz "Death" T. Juronics

Final

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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]

Draw Country Participant Dance Choreographer Result
01  Greece Franghiskos Toumbakaris “Ondine: variation acte II” J. Neumeier -
02  Poland Filip Barankiewicz “Paquita” M. Petipa -
03   Switzerland Anne-Catherine Haller “Raymonda” M. Petipa -
04  Austria Oliver Preiss “Taras Bulba: Gopak” R. Zakharov -
05  Russia Maria Alexandrova “Coppélia: variation de Swanilda” M. Petipa -
06  Belgium Jeroen Hofmans “Giselle: variation du paysan” M. Petipa, J. Coralli and J. Perrot 3
07  France Karl Paquette “La Bayadère” R. Noureev -
08  Sweden Nadja Sellrup “Grand pas classique” V. Gsovsky 2
09  Spain Jesús Pastor Sahuquillo and Ruth Miró Salvador “Arrayan Daraxa” V. Ullate 1

Jury members

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The jury members consisted of the following:[1]

Broadcasting

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The 1995 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in 18 countries.[5] Bulgaria, Denmark, and Romania broadcast the contest in addition to the competing countries.

Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Austria ORF
 Belgium RTBF Télé 21 [6]
BRTN
 Cyprus CyBC
 Finland YLE
 France France Télévision France 3
 Germany ZDF [6]
 Greece ERT
 Hungary MTV
 Norway NRK
 Poland TVP
 Russia RTR
 Slovenia RTVSLO
 Spain TVE
 Sweden SVT SVT1
  Switzerland SRG SSR Schweiz 4, Suisse 4 [7]
Broadcasters in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Bulgaria BNT
 Denmark DR DR TV Niels Oxenvad [8]
 Romania TVR

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Eurovision Young Dancers 1995: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Eurovision Young Dancers 1995: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. ^ (in French) Mathieu Signorell, "Beaulieu lâche les congrès pour les infirmiers après l'échec de Taoua", 24 heures, Saturday 14 February 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Eurovision Young Dancers - Format". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  5. ^ "EYD 1995". Issuu. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Dienstag 6. Juni" [Monday 6 June]. Télé-Revue (in German, French, and Luxembourgish). 31 May 1995. pp. 28–33. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  7. ^ "6 juin mardi" [6 June Tuesday]. TV8 (in French). Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland: Ringier. 1 June 1995. pp. 10–15. Retrieved 26 October 2022 – via Scriptorium Digital Library.
  8. ^ "Alle tiders programoversigter – Søndag den 11. juni 1995" [All-time programme overviews – Sunday 11th June 1995]. DR. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
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