Eurovision Young Dancers 1995
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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.<ref name=Show>Template:Cite web</ref> 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. Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty made their début while Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty decided not to participate.<ref name=Show/> However, the Danish broadcaster DR broadcast the event as did the broadcasters in Bulgaria and Romania.<ref name=Show/>
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.<ref name=Show/>
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Location
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Palais de Beaulieu, a convention centre in Lausanne, Switzerland, was the host venue for the 1995 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.<ref name=Show/>
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.<ref name=24heures>Template:In lang Mathieu Signorell, "Beaulieu lâche les congrès pour les infirmiers après l'échec de Taoua", 24 heures, Saturday 14 February 2015.</ref> The Prix de Lausanne, an international ballet competition, is hosted at the centre.
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'.<ref name="EYD Format">Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref name="EYD Format"/>
The interval act this year was Moments in a garden of Spain: a flamenco show performed by Nina Corti and her musicians.<ref name=Show/>
Results
Preliminary round
Broadcasters from fifteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1995 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.<ref name=Show/>
| Country | Broadcaster | Dancer | Dance | Choreographer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Esc | YLE | Janna Eklund | La Esmeralda: Variation de Diane | A. Vaganova |
| Template:Esc | ZDF | Irina Schlaht | La Esmeralda | M. Petipa |
| Template:Esc | RTVSLO | Damjan Mohorko | La Fille mal gardée: Variation de Colas | M. Petipa and L. Ivanov |
| Template:Esc | NRK | Maria Mikalsen | Les mots sont allés | I. Bjørnsgaard |
| Template:Esc | CyBC | Carolina Constadinou | La Esmeralda | M. Petipa |
| Template:Esc | MTV | Sara Weisz | Death | T. Juronics |
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.<ref name=Results/>
| Template:Abbr | Country | Broadcaster | Dancer(s) | Dance | Choreographer | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Esc | ERT | Franghiskos Toumbakaris | Ondine: variation acte II | J. Neumeier | Template:N/A |
| 2 | Template:Esc | TVP | Template:Ill | Paquita | M. Petipa | Template:N/A |
| 3 | Template:Esc | SRG SSR | Anne-Catherine Haller | Raymonda | M. Petipa | Template:N/A |
| 4 | Template:Esc | ORF | Oliver Preiss | Taras Bulba: Gopak | R. Zakharov | Template:N/A |
| 5 | Template:Esc | RTR | Maria Alexandrova | Coppélia: variation de Swanilda | M. Petipa | Template:N/A |
| 6 | Template:Esc | BRTN | Jeroen Hofmans | Giselle: variation du paysan | M. Petipa, J. Coralli and J. Perrot | 3 |
| 7 | Template:Esc | Template:Lang | Template:Ill | La Bayadère | R. Noureev | Template:N/A |
| 8 | Template:Esc | SVT | Nadja Sellrup | Grand pas classique | V. Gsovsky | 2 |
| 9 | Template:Esc | TVE | Jesús Pastor Sahuquillo and Ruth Miró Salvador | Arrayan Daraxa | V. Ullate | 1 |
Jury members
The jury members consisted of the following:<ref name=Show/> Template:Div col
- Template:Flagu – Heinz Spoerli (Head of Jury)
- Template:Flagu/Template:Flagu – Maurice Béjart (Honorary guest of the Jury)
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- Template:Flagu/Template:Flagu – Template:Ill
- Template:Flagu – Template:Ill
- Template:Flagu – Peter Van Dyk
- Template:Flagu/Template:Flagu – Beatriz Consuelo
- Template:Flagu – Víctor Ullate
- Template:Flagu – Template:Ill
- Template:Flagu – Pierre Lacotte
- Template:Flagu – Youri Vámos
- Template:Flagu – Jorma Uotinen
Broadcasting
The 1995 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in 18 countries.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Bulgaria, Denmark, and Romania broadcast the contest in addition to the competing countries. 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) | Template:Abbr |
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| Template:Flagu | BNT | Template:N/A | Template:N/A | |
| Template:Flagu | DR | DR TV | Niels Oxenvad | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagu | TVR | Template:N/A | Template:N/A |