Eurovision Young Dancers 1997

The Eurovision Young Dancers 1997 was the seventh edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Teatr Muzyczny in Gdynia, Poland, on 17 June 1997.<ref name=Show>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP), dancers from seven countries participated in the televised final. A total of thirteen countries took part in the competition. Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty made their début while five countries (Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty) decided not to participate.<ref name=Show/> However, France, Switzerland, Norway and, for the first time Ireland, broadcast the event.

The participant broadcasters could send one or two dancers, male or female, who performed one or two dances. The semi-final took place six days before the final (11 June 1997).<ref name=Show/>

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Location

Teatr Muzyczny in Gdynia, before its major renovation (2008)

Teatr Muzyczny, a theatre in Gdynia, Poland, was the host venue for the 1997 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.<ref name=Show/>

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">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=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. Once all the jury votes have been counted, the two participants which received the highest total of points progress to a final round. The final round consists of a 90-second 'dual', were each of the finalists perform a 45-second random dance-off routine. The overall winner upon completion of the final dances is chosen by the professional jury members.<ref name="EYD Format"/>

Folk dance group "Bazuny" performed as the interval act.<ref name=Show/>

Results

Preliminary round

Broadcasters from thirteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1997 contest, of which seven qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.<ref name=Show/>

Country	Broadcaster	Dancer	Dance	Choreographer
Template:Esc	CyBC	Carolina Constantinou	La Bayadère	M. Petipa
Template:Esc	ETV	Template:Ill	Don Quixote: Quitry Variations	M. Petipa
Template:Esc	ZDF	Valentina Scaglia	Le Conservatoire	H.S. Paulli and A. Bournonville
Template:Esc	RTVSLO	Ana Klasnja	Pas de deux	G. Balanchine
Template:Esc	MTV	Gabor Kapin	La Sylphide	A. Bournonville
Template:Esc	ERT	Nefeli Markaki	Pas de deux	G. Balanchine

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	RTBF	Alain Honorez	The Sleeping Beauty	M. Petipa	2
2	Template:Esc	LTV	Viktorija Jansone	Sleeping Beauty: Aurora's variation	M. Petipa	Template:N/A
3	Template:Esc	SVT	Tim Matiakis	Paquita	M. Petipa	3
4	Template:Esc	Yle	Salla Suominen	Romeo and Juliet: Juliet's variation	E. Sylvestersen	Template:N/A
5	Template:Esc	STV	Roman Lazik	La Sylphide	A. Bournonville	Template:N/A
6	Template:Esc	TVP	Magdalena Dzięgielewska and Bartosz Anczykowski	Paquita - Grand pas de deux	F. Capouste	Template:N/A
7	Template:Esc	TVE	Antonio Carmena San José	Angelitos Locos	J.C. Santamaría	1

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:<ref name=Show/> Template:Div col

• Template:Flagu – Maya Plisetskaya (Head of Jury)
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• Template:Flagu – Uwe Scholz
• Template:Flagu – Gösta Svalberg
• Template:Flagu – Heinz Spoerli

Broadcasts

The 1997 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in 17 countries.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> France, Ireland, Norway, and Switzerland broadcast it in addition to the competing countries.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Template:Refh
Template:Flagu	RTBF	lang}}	Benoît Jacques de Dixmude	<ref name="Revue">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
	BRTN	TV2	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flagu	CyBC	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	ETV	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	Yle	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	ZDFTemplate:Efn		Template:N/A	<ref name="L'impartial"/>
Template:Flagu	ERT	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	MTV	TV1Template:Efn	Template:N/A	<ref name="BMN"/>
Template:Flagu	LTV	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	TVP	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	STV	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	RTVSLO	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	TVE	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	SVT	SVT1Template:Efn	Template:N/A	<ref name="SVT"/>

Broadcasters in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Template:Refh
Template:Flagu	France 3	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	RTÉ	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	NRK	NRK2Template:Efn	Template:Ill	<ref name="NRK"/>
Template:Flagu	SRG SSR	Template:N/A	Template:N/A

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 1997

External links

• Template:Official website