Eurovision Young Dancers 1999 was the 8th edition of Eurovision Young Dancers. It consisted of a semi-final on 4 July and a final on 10 July 1999, held at the Opéra de Lyon, in Lyon, France, and presented by . It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster France 3.
Dancers representing sixteen countries took part in the competition, with ten of them participating in the televised final. Czech Republic made their début (their first participation in any Eurovision event, with the country debuting at the Eurovision Young Musicians the following year and the flagship Eurovision Song Contest in 2007) while host country France, Netherlands, Switzerland and United Kingdom returned. Estonia and Slovakia decided not to participate.
Both single dancers and couples younger than 20 could enter the competition, male or female. Single dancers had to perform 2 pieces of maximum 10 minutes in total, while couples could choose to perform 1 or 2 dances, but in total no longer than 10 minutes as well.
The winner was duo and Stegli Yohan representing Germany, with Nathalie Nordquist representing Sweden placing second, and Clara Blanco representing Spain placing third.
Location
Opéra de Lyon, in Lyon, France, was the host venue for the 1999 edition of Eurovision Young Dancers.
The Opéra Nouvel (Nouvel Opera House) in Lyon, France, is the home of the Opéra National de Lyon. The original opera house was re-designed by the distinguished French architect, Jean Nouvel between 1985 and 1993 in association with the agency of scenography dUCKS scéno and the acoustician Peutz. Serge Dorny was appointed general director in 2003.
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 a performance by the hip-hop dance group "Kä-fig".
Participants and results Preliminary round Broadcasters from sixteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1999 contest, of which ten qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify. Country Broadcaster Participant Dance Choreographer CyBC Dafni Mouyiassi The Sleeping Beauty M. Petipa BBC Lara Glew La Bayadère M. Petipa MTV Attila Bongar Le Corsaire M. Petipa ČT and Zuzana Zahradnikova Don Quixote M. Petipa RTVSLO Variation of Giselle J. Coralli and J. Perrot SRG SSR Laetitia Guggi La Bayadère M. Petipa
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 Maria Boubouli Don Quixote M. Petipa 2 NPS Ernst Meisner La fille mal gardée J. Dauberval 3 TVE Clara Blanco Variation of Giselle J. Coralli and J. Perrot 3 4 France Télévision Emmanuel Eggermont and Juliette Roudet Les Chiens J. Bouvier and R. Obadia 5 TVP Marta Wojtaszewska and Marcin Krajewski Stars & Stripes G. Balanchine 6 LTV Elza Leimane Esmeralda J. Perrot 7 Yle Aarne Ruutu La Sylphide (James variation) A. Bournonville 8 ZDF and Stegli Yohan Cinderella J. Neumeier 1 9 RTBF Frederik Deberdt La Sylphide A. Bournonville 10 SVT Nathalie Nordquist Flower Festival in Genzano A. Bournonville 2
Jury members The jury members consisted of the following:
– Boris Eifman (Head of Jury) – – Meryl Tankard / – Jean-Christophe Maillot – Tero Saarinen – Vicente Sáez – Victoria Maragopoulou
Broadcasting A total of 20 countries broadcast the 1999 event, including Croatia, Ireland, Norway and Russia. 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(s) Channel(s) Commentator(s) RTBF La Deux CyBC ČT Yle TV1 France Télévision France 3 and Agnes Letestu Canal+ Mezzo ZDF ERT MTV M2 LTV NPO Nederland 3 TVP RTVSLO TVE SVT SVT1 DRS SF2 TSR TSR 2 Philippa de Rothen TSI BBC BBC Two Deborah Bull
+ Broadcasters in non-participating countries Country Broadcaster(s) HRT RTÉ NRK RTR
See also Eurovision Song Contest 1999
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