Eurovision Young Dancers 2001

The Eurovision Young Dancers 2001 was the eighth edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Linbury Studio Theatre of the Royal Opera House in London, United Kingdom, between 18 and 23 June 2001.<ref name=Show>Template:Cite web</ref> Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), dancers from eleven countries participated in the televised final. A total of eighteen countries took part in the competition. Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty made their début while Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty returned. Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty decided not to participate, along with Template:Esccnty who broadcast the event.<ref name=Show/>

The semi-final that took place five days before the final (18 June 2001). Each country could send one or two performers, male and female, not older than 20, who could perform one or two dances. The dancers could choose between classical and contemporary dance.<ref name=Show/>

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Location

Template:Further The Linbury Studio Theatre of the Royal Opera House in London, United Kingdom was the host venue for the 2001 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.<ref name=Show/>

The Linbury is most notable for hosting performances of experimental and independent dance and music, by independent companies and as part of the ROH2, the contemporary producing arm of the Royal Opera House. The Linbury Studio Theatre regularly stages performances by the Royal Ballet School and also hosts the Young British Dancer of the Year competition.

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 was Symbiont(s) by Wayne McGregor.<ref name=Show/>

Results

Preliminary round

Broadcasters from eighteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 2001 contest, of which eleven qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.<ref name=Show/>

Country	Broadcaster	Participant	Dance	Choreographer
Template:Esc	CyBC	Marina Kyriakidou	Variation of Paquita (Allegro)	M. Petipa
Template:Esc	ORF	Rainer Krenstetter	Ballet de Verdi: Un bal masqué	V. Malakov
Template:Esc	RTÉ	Sarah Reynolds	Conversations in Silence	A. Costilla
Template:Esc	ERT	Olga Tsimourta and Tina Nassika	Rythmique	G. Milhov
Template:Esc	NRK	Template:Ill	Asking For?	S. Edvardsen
Template:Esc	RTVSLO	Eva Gasparic	Les Syphides - Prélude	Fokino
Template:Esc	NTU	Leonid Sarafanov	Variation of Paquita (Masculin Role)	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.<ref name=Results/>

Template:Abbr	Country	Broadcaster	Dancer(s)	Dance	Choreographer	Result
1	Template:Esc	Template:Hlist	Jeroen Verbruggen	Hyperballad	J. Verbruggen & G. Egilsson	2
2	Template:Esc	ZDF	Thiago Bordin	Tchaikovsky Variation - Pas de Deux	G. Balanchine	Template:N/A
3	Template:Esc	Yle	Template:Ill	Angels Fly Low	M. Rouhiainen	Template:N/A
4	Template:Esc	TVP	Dawid Kupinski and Marcin Kupinski	Brothers	E. Wesolowski	1
5	Template:Esc	BBC	Jamie Bond	Seigfried Solo from Act 3 Swan Lake	M. Petipa	Template:N/A
6	Template:Esc	SVT	Johan Thelander and Template:Ill	At This Point	J. Thelander & E. Penkova	Template:N/A
7	Template:Esc	SRG SSR	Template:Ill	Tango Te Amo	L. Smeak	Template:N/A
8	Template:Esc	ČT	Marek Kasparovsky and Jiri Pokorny	Alterego	T. Rychetsky & D. Stransky	Template:N/A
9	Template:Esc	ETV	Template:Ill	Franz Variation from Coppelia	A. Saint-Leon	Template:N/A
10	Template:Esc	LTV	Anna Novikova	Solo from Act 3 of Le Corsaire	M. Petipa	Template:N/A
11	Template:Esc	NOS	Maartje Hermans and Golan Yosef	Perfect Skin	E. Wubbe	3

Jury members

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

• Template:Flagu – Matthew Bourne (Head of Jury)
• Template:Flagu – Amanda Miller
• Template:Flagu – Maina Gielgud
• Template:Flagu/Template:Flagu — Samuel Wuersten
• Template:Flagu – Monique Veaute

Broadcasting

A total of 19 countries broadcast the 2001 event.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> France was the only country to broadcast the event without competing.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Template:Abbr
Template:Flagu	ORF	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	RTBF	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
	VRT	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	CyBC	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	ČT	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	Yle	TV1	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flagu	ETV	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	ZDFTemplate:Efn		Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	ERT	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	RTÉ	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	LTV	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	NOS	Nederland 3Template:Efn	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	NRK	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	TVP	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	RTVSLO	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	SVT	SVT1	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	SRG SSR	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	NTU	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Flagu	BBC	BBC Knowledge	Deborah Bull and Wayne McGregor	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
		BBC TwoTemplate:Efn

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Template:Abbr
Template:Flagu	France Télévisions	France 2	Template:N/A

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2001

External links

• Template:Official website