Eurovision Young Dancers 1989
Dance competition; third edition of Eurovision Young Dancers
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The Eurovision Young Dancers 1989 was the 3rd edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held on 28 June 1989 at the Palais des Congrès in Paris, France, and presented by Zizi Jeanmaire and Alain Duault. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster France Régions 3 (FR3).
- 28 June 1989
Paris, France
| Eurovision Young Dancers 1989 | |
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| Venue | Palais des Congrès Paris, France |
| Organisation | |
| Organiser | European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |
| Executive supervisor | Frank Naef |
| Production | |
| Host broadcaster | France Régions 3 (FR3) |
| Director | Dirk Sanders |
| Executive producer | Josette Affergan |
| Presenters | Zizi Jeanmaire Alain Duault |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 17 |
| Number of finalists | 10 |
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| Vote | |
| Voting system | A professional jury awarded two main prizes and two special prices for classical dance and contemporary dance |
| Winning dancers |
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Dancers representing seventeen countries took part in the competition, with ten of them participating in the televised final. Cyprus and Portugal made their debut at the contest.
The participating broadcaster could send one or two dancers, male or female, that could not be older than 19. Each dancer was free to participate in any of these two categories: classical dancing or contemporary, modern or jazz dancing. The pas de deux performances could not be longer than ten minutes, while the variations could not be longer than five minutes. There were four awards that year: contemporary dancing prize, classical dancing prize and two jury's special prizes (also for contemporary and classical dance).
Agnès Letestu representing France won the contemporary dance prize, with Tetsuya Kumakawa representing the United Kingdom winning the classical ballet prize.[1]
Location
The Palais des congrès de Paris, a concert venue, convention centre and shopping mall in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France, was the host venue for the 1989 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.[2]
The venue was built by French architect Guillaume Gillet, and was inaugurated in 1974. The venue hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1978. Nearby the venue are Bois de Boulogne and the affluent neighbourhood of Neuilly-sur-Seine. The closest métro and RER stations are Porte Maillot and Neuilly – Porte Maillot, accessible via the lower levels of the building.
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 the dancers 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]
The opening act was "Mon truc en plumes" performed by host Zizi Jeanmaire with her dancers and for the interval "Concerto en Ré" by L'École du Ballet de l'Ópera de Paris.[2]
Participants and results
Due to time restrictions, a semi-final was held to select the ten performers for the final.[2]
Preliminary round
Broadcasters from sixteen countries took part in the preliminary semi-final round of the 1989 contest, of which ten qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.[2]
Final
| Country | Broadcaster | Dancer(s) | Dance(s) | Prize |
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 France | FR3 | Agnès Letestu | Grand pas classique Notre Dame de Paris | Contemporary Dance Prize |
 United Kingdom | BBC | Tetsuya Kumakawa | Don Quixote: Kolya's variation | Classical Ballet Prize |
 Switzerland | SRG SSR | Christina McDermott | Le Corsaire Esmeralda | Jury's special prize (Classical) |
 Spain | TVE | María Giménez and Igor Yebra | Arraigo | Jury's special prize (Contemporary) |
 Belgium | RTBF | Géraldine Boussart | La Crevèche | |
 Denmark | DR | Rachel Hester and Martin Vedel | Pavane | |
 Finland | YLE | Petri Toivanen | Don Quichotte Norbotten | |
 Netherlands | NOS | Gaby Baars and Léon Pronk | Bruicheath | |
 Sweden | SVT | Marie Lindqvist | 3rd act of Sleeping Beauty Paquita | |
 Germany | ZDF | Patrick Becker | Vaslaw Daphnis et Chloé |
Jury members
The jury members consisted of the following:[2]
France – Roland Petit (Head of jury)
Denmark – Frank Andersen
Italy – Paolo Bortoluzzi
Argentina – Oscar Araiz- France – Igor Eisner
Germany – John Neumeier
USSR – Ekaterina Maximova
Switzerland – Heinz Spoerli- USSR – Vladimir Vasiliev
Broadcasts
The 1989 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in 19 countries including Jordan and Bulgaria.[2][5] Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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 Austria |
ORF | FS2[a] | Karl Musil | [6] |
| Belgium |
RTBF | Télé 21 | [7] | |
 Canada |
TV5 | TV5 Québec Canada[b] | [8] | |
 Cyprus |
CyBC | RIK | [9] | |
| Denmark |
DR | DR TV | Niels Oxenvad | [10] |
| France |
FR3 | [11] | ||
| TV5 | TV5 Europe | [12] | ||
| Germany |
3sat | Jens Wendland | [6] | |
| ZDF[c] | [13] | |||
 Italy |
RAI | Rai Tre[d] | [14] | |
| Netherlands |
NOS | Nederland 3 | Joop van Zijl and Jan Linkens | [15][16] |
 Norway |
NRK | NRK Fjernsynet | Eyvind Solås | [17] |
| Spain |
TVE | TVE 2 | [18] | |
| Sweden |
SVT | Kanal 1[e] | [17] | |
| Switzerland |
SRG SSR | SRG Sportkette | Verena Hoehne | [19][20] |
| SSR Chaîne Sportive | Jean-Pierre Pastori | [21] | ||
| TSI Canale Sportivo | [22] | |||
| United Kingdom |
BBC | BBC2 | Judith Mackrell and Richard Alston | [23] |
 Yugoslavia |
JRT | TV Beograd 2 | [24] | |
| TV Zagreb 2 | [25] | |||
