Eurovision Young Dancers 1987 was the 2nd edition of Eurovision Young Dancers, held on 31 May 1987 at the Schlosstheater in Schwetzingen, Germany, and presented by Margot Werner. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF).
Dancers from fourteen countries participated in the televised final. Austria, Canada, and Yugoslavia made their debut at the contest, while Belgium and Netherlands competed together with a joint entry. For the first time ever, the Canadian broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada (an EBU associate member), entered the competition, making it the only Eurovision event to feature a country from the Americas (until Canada themselves debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest), and the only EBU event to feature an associate member as a participant prior to Australia's debut at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. The participant broadcasters could send one or two dancers, male or female, that could not be older than 20. Each entry consisted in one or two dances with no rules or limitations regarding the style. The dances could not be longer than 5 minutes (for soloists) or 10 minutes (for couples).
The winners were Rose Gad Poulsen and Nikolaj Hübbe from Denmark, with Frédéric Gafner from Switzerland placing second, and Stefanie Arndt from West Germany placing third.
Location
Schlosstheater Schwetzingen (Schwetzingen palace theater), a court theater in Schwetzingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany was the host venue for the 1987 edition of Eurovision Young Dancers.
The historic building, opened in 1753, is part of Schloss Schwetzingen and since 1952 the principal venue of the Schwetzingen Festival. It is also called Hoftheater (court theater), Hofoper (court opera), and Comoedienhaus (comedy house). The frequently applied name Rokokotheater (Rococo theater) is misleading, because it shows also neoclassical elements, added in 1762.
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 was who performed Kjersti Alveberg's production Spirits.
Participants and results 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 DR Rose Gad Poulsen and Nikolaj Hübbe Divertissement from La Sylphide A. Bournonville 1 SRG SSR Frédéric Gafner Variation from the first act of La Sylphide A. Bournonville 2 ZDF Stefanie Arndt Variation from Le Corsaire M. Petipa 3 ORF Erika Nowak Variation of the girl friends from Raymonda M. Petipa and R. Nureyev Marieke Simons and Bart de Block Blue Bird Pas de deux from Sleeping Beauty M. Petipa CBC/Radio-Canada Stephen Legate Variation from La Bayadère M. Petipa and N. Makarova YLE Susanna Aaltonen and Tomi Paasonen Pas de deux Odette/Siegfried from the second act of Swan Lake L. Ivanov FR3 Marie-Soizic Cabié Aurora's variation from the first act of Sleeping Beauty M. Petipa RAI Giulia Menicucci Variation from Giselle J. Coralli and J. J. Perrot NRK Halldis Ólafsdóttir Paper Nut J. Day TVE María Montserrat León Variation from Le Corsaire M. Petipa SVT Franz's variation from the third act of Coppelia K. Damianov BBC Paul Liburd Under Summer R. Cohan JRT Vedrana Ostojic Variation from Le Corsaire M. Petipa
Jury members The jury members consisted of the following:
– (Head of jury) – Frank Andersen – – Celia Franca – Mary Hinkson – Mette Hønningen – Galina Samsova – Heinz Spoerli – José de Udaeta
Broadcasts
The 1987 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 FS1 CBC/Radio-Canada CBC Celia Francahttps://distributionarchives.cbcrc.ca/en/items/53d814af-76a4-410b-b7b8-ccf6c67a86a0 DR DR TV Niels Karl Nielsen FR3 Charles Imbert 3sat ZDF Jens Wendland NOS Joop van Zijl and Marc Jonkers NRK Anne Borg SVT TV2 SRG SSR TV DRS BBC BBC2 Humphrey Burton and Monica Mason JRT TV Beograd 2 TV Ljubljana 2
See also Eurovision Song Contest 1987
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