The Eurovision Young Dancers 1993 was the fifth edition of the

Eurovision Young Dancers The Eurovision Young Dancers (), often shortened to EYD, or Young Dancers, was a biennial dance competition, organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and is broadcast on television throughout Europe. Thirty-seven countries have taken pa ...

, held at the Dance House in

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on 15 June 1993. Organised by the

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(EBU) and host broadcaster

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(SVT), dancers from eight countries participated in the televised final. A total of fifteen countries took part in the competition. , , and made their début with returning and , , , and deciding not to participate. As in 1989 and 1991, a semi-final was held to choose the finalists. The semi-final took place 2 days before the final (13 June 1993). The jury chose the finalists and top 3 performances. The prizes were presented by Princess Christina, the youngest sister of

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. The non-qualified countries were Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Italy, Norway, Portugal and Slovenia.

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of Spain won the contest, with Switzerland and Austria and France placing second and joint third respectively.

Location

The Dance House in

, Sweden, was the host venue for the 1993 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.

Format

The format consists of dancers who are non-

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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'. Jury members of a professional aspect and representing the elements of

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, and

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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. As in 1991, the interval featured a documentary about the dancers that did not make it to the final.

Results

Preliminary round

A total of fifteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1993 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following countries failed to qualify.

Final

Awards were given to the top three countries. 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.

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following: * – Nils-Åke Häggbom (Head of Jury) * –

Birgit Cullberg Birgit Ragnhild Cullberg (3 August 1908 – 8 September 1999) was a Swedish choreographer. Her father Carl Cullberg was a bank director and her mother was Elna Westerström. Cullberg was born in Nyköping and was married from 1942 to 1949 to act ...

* –

Frank Andersen Frank Andersen (born 15 April 1953 in Copenhagen) is a former Danish ballet dancer who was twice artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet. He has been an influential supporter of the Danish choreographer August Bournonville. Biography Ander ...

* / – Gigi Gheorghe Caciuleanu * – Paolo Bortoluzzi * – Peter Van Dyk * – María de Ávila * –

Heinz Spoerli Heinz Spoerli (born 8 July 1940) is a Swiss dance maker, internationally known. After a long career as a ballet dancer and company director, he is now widely considered to be one of the foremost European choreographers of his time. Early life and ...

* – Micha Van Hoecke * –

Pierre Lacotte Pierre Lacotte (born 4 April 1932) is a French ballet dancer and choreographer who specialised in the reconstruction of lost choreographies of romantic ballets. His mother was an affirmed musician and he manifested very early his interest for da ...

* –

Elsa-Marianne von Rosen Elsa-Marianne von Rosen (21 April 1924 – 7 September 2014) was a Swedish ballet dancer, choreographer and actress. She performed all over Scandinavia. She acted between 1939 and 1970. She appeared in the television series '' Tales of Hans An ...

* –

Elisabetta Terabust Elisabetta Terabust (5 August 1946 – 5 February 2018) was an Italian ballerina and company director. She trained at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and worked for the English National Ballet, London Festival Ballet (now the English National Ballet ...

* –

Jorma Uotinen Jorma Leo Kalevi Uotinen (born 28 June 1950 in Pori) is a Finnish dancer, singer and choreographer. As a dancer and choreographer, Uotinen has worked both in many dance groups, both in and outside of Finland, since 1970. He has received many Fi ...

Broadcasting

The 1993 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in at least 15 countries.

References

External links

* {{Eurovision Young Dancers Eurovision Young Dancers by year 1993 in Sweden June 1993 events in Europe Events in Stockholm