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Eurovision Young Dancers 1989

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Eurovision Young Dancers 1989
Dates
Final28 June 1989
Host
VenuePalais des Congrès, Paris, France
Presenter(s)Zizi Jeanmaire
Alain Duault [fr]
Directed byDirk Sanders
Executive supervisorFrank Naef
Executive producerJosette Affergan
Host broadcasterFrance Régions 3 (FR3)
Websiteyoungdancers.tv/event/paris-1989 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries17
Debuting countries
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countriesNone
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         Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi-final
Vote
Voting systemA professional jury awarded 2 prizes and 2 special prices for classical dance and contemporary dance
Winning dancers
1987 ← Eurovision Young Dancers → 1991

The Eurovision Young Dancers 1989 was the third edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers held at the Palais des Congrès in Paris, France on 28 June 1989.[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster France Régions 3 (FR3), dancers from ten countries participated in the televised final. A total of seventeen countries took part in the competition. Cyprus and Portugal made their debut at the contest.[1]

The participant countries could send one or two dancers, male or female, that could not be older than 19. Each dancer was free to participate in any of these 2 categories: classical dancing or contemporary, modern or jazz dancing. The pas de deux performances could not be longer than ten minutes, while the variations could not be longer than five minutes. There were 4 awards that year: contemporary dancing prize, classical dancing prize and 2 jury's special prizes (for contemporary and classical dance).[1]

The non-qualified countries were Austria, Canada, Cyprus, Italy, Norway, Portugal and Yugoslavia. Agnès Letestu of France won the contemporary dance prize, with Tetsuya Kumakawa of United Kingdom winning the classical ballet prize.[2]

Location

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Further information on the host venue: Palais des congrès de Paris
Palais des Congrès in Paris (2007)

The Palais des congrès de Paris, a concert venue, convention centre and shopping mall in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France, was the host venue for the 1989 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.[1]

The venue was built by French architect Guillaume Gillet, and was inaugurated in 1974. The venue hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1978. Nearby the venue are Bois de Boulogne and the affluent neighbourhood of Neuilly-sur-Seine. The closest métro and RER stations are Porte Maillot and Neuilly – Porte Maillot, accessible via the lower levels of the building.

Format

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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 the dancers then take part in a choreographed group dance during 'Young Dancers Week'.[3]

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.[3]

The opening act was "Mon truc en plumes" performed by host Zizi Jeanmaire with her dancers and for the interval "Concerto en Ré" by L'École du Ballet de l'Ópera de Paris.[1]

Results

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Due to time restrictions, a semi-final was held to select the ten performers for the final.[1]

Preliminary round

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A total of sixteen countries took part in the preliminary semi-final round of the 1989 contest, of which ten qualified to the televised grand final. The following countries failed to qualify.[1]

Country Participant
 Italy Danilo Mazzota
 Cyprus Hélène O'Keefe
 Canada Cherice Barton
 Yugoslavia Dino Baksa
 Portugal Ana Lacerda
 Norway Hilde Olsen
 Austria Jürgen Wagner

Final

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Prize Country Participant(s)
Contemporary Dance Prize  France Agnès Letestu
Classical Ballet Prize  United Kingdom Tetsuya Kumakawa
Jury's special prize (Classical)   Switzerland Christina McDermott
Jury's special prize (Contemporary)  Spain María Giménez and Igor Yebra
-  Belgium Géraldine Boussart
-  Denmark Rachel Hester and Martin Vedel
-  Finland Petri Toivanen
-  Netherlands Gaby Baars and Léon Pronk
-  Sweden Marie Lindqvist
-  Germany Patrick Becker

Jury members

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The jury members consisted of the following:[1]

Broadcasting

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The 1989 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in 19 countries including Jordan and Bulgaria.[1][4]

Broadcasters in participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Austria ORF FS2[a] Karl Musil [de] [5][6]
 Belgium RTBF Télé 21 [7]
 Canada CBC CBC
 Cyprus CyBC RIK [8]
 Denmark DR DR TV Niels Oxenvad [9]
 Finland YLE TV1
 France FR3 [10][11]
TV5 [7]
 Germany 3sat Jens Wendland [12][6]
 Italy RAI Rai Tre[b] [13][14]
 Netherlands NOS Nederland 3 [7][15]
 Norway NRK NRK Fjernsynet Eyvind Solås [16]
 Spain TVE TVE 2 [17]
 Sweden SVT Kanal 1[c] [16]
  Switzerland SRG SSR SRG Sportkette [de] Verena Hoehne [12][6]
SSR Chaîne sportive Jean-Pierre Pastori [fr] [10]
TSI Canale sportivo [13]
 United Kingdom BBC BBC2 Judith Mackrell and Richard Alston [18]
 Yugoslavia JRT TV Beograd 2 [19]
TV Zagreb 2 [20]
Broadcasters in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster
 Bulgaria BNT
 Jordan JRTV

See also

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Notes and references

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Notes

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  1. ^ Deferred broadcast at 23:00 CET (22:00 UTC)[5]
  2. ^ Deferred broadcast at 23:00 CET (22:00 UTC)[13]
  3. ^ Deferred broadcast at 21:40 CET (20:40 UTC)[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Eurovision Young Dancers 1989: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Eurovision Young Dancers 1989: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Eurovision Young Dancers - Format". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Eurovision Young Dancers 1989". Issuu. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  5. ^ a b "TV Avstrija 2 – SR 28.6" [TV Austria 2 – Wed 28.6.]. Slovenski vestnik (in Slovenian). Klagenfurt (Celovec), Austria. 27 June 1989. p. 7. Retrieved 28 June 2024 – via Digital Library of Slovenia.
  6. ^ a b c "Wettbewerb junger Tänzer" [Competition of Young Dancers]. Thuner Tagblatt (in German). Bern, Switzerland. 28 June 1989. p. 18. Retrieved 21 April 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  7. ^ a b c "radio•televisie". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Rotterdam, Netherlands. 28 June 1989. p. 7. Retrieved 3 March 2024 – via Delpher.
  8. ^ "Δείτε απόψε..." [Watch tonight...]. I Simerini (in Greek). Nicosia, Cyprus. 28 June 1989. p. 6. Retrieved 16 March 2024 – via Press and Information Office [el].
  9. ^ "Alle tiders programoversigter – Onsdag den 28. juni 1989" [All-time programme overviews – Wednesday 28th June 1989]. DR. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Mercredi 28 juin". Radio TV8 (in French). Lausanne, Switzerland: Héliographia SA. 28 June 1989. pp. 39–40. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Télévision - Ce soir" [Television - Tonight]. FAN L'Express (in French). Neuchâtel, Switzerland. 28 June 1989. p. 27. Retrieved 16 March 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  12. ^ a b "TV + Radio". Bieler Tagblatt (in German). Biel, Switzerland. 28 June 1989. p. 35. Retrieved 16 March 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  13. ^ a b c "Programmi radio TV". Gazzetta Ticinese [it] (in Italian). Bellinzona, Switzerland. 28 June 1989. p. 8. Retrieved 12 March 2024 – via Sistema bibliotecario ticinese [it].
  14. ^ "Mercoledì - 28 giugno" [Wednesday - 28th June]. Radiocorriere TV (in Italian). 25 June 1989. p. 98.
  15. ^ "Radio/Televisie" [Radio/Television]. Leidse Courant (in Dutch). 28 June 1989. p. 19. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  16. ^ a b c "TV onsdag". Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Sandefjord, Norway. 28 June 1989. p. 45. Retrieved 16 March 2024 – via National Library of Norway.
  17. ^ "Televisión" [Television]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 28 June 1989. p. 88. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  18. ^ "Eurovision Young Dancers' Competition 1989". 29 June 1989. p. 23. Retrieved 1 May 2018 – via BBC Genome.
  19. ^ "Televizija – Drugi program" [Television – Second program]. Borba (in Serbian). Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia. 28 June 1989. p. 14. Retrieved 25 May 2024 – via Pretraživa digitalna biblioteka.
  20. ^ "TV Zagreb – srijeda, 28. lipnja – drugi program" [TV Zagreb – Saturday 28 June – second program]. Glas Podravine (in Serbo-Croatian). Koprivnica, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia. 23 June 1989. p. 9. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
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