Eurovision Young Dancers 1997

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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

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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

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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.

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Broadcasters in non-participating countries
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Template:Flagu SRG SSR Template:N/A Template:N/A

See also

Notes and references

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