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The Eurovision Young Dancers 1993 was the fifth edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Dance House in Stockholm, Sweden on 15 June 1993.[2] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), dancers from eight countries participated in the televised final. A total of fifteen countries took part in the competition. Estonia, Greece, Poland and Slovenia made their début with Austria returning and Bulgaria, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal and Yugoslavia withdrawing from the contest.[2]

Eurovision Young Dancers 1993
Dates
Semi-final	13 June 1993
Final	15 June 1993
Host
Venue	Dance House, Stockholm, Sweden
Presenter(s)	Anneli Alhanko John Chrispinsson
Executive supervisor	Christian Clausen
Host broadcaster	Sveriges Television (SVT)
Interval act	Documentary about the dancers that did not make it to the final
Website	youngdancers.tv/event/stockholm-1993
Participants
Number of entries	15
Debuting countries	Estonia  Greece  Poland  Slovenia
Returning countries	Austria
Non-returning countries	Bulgaria  Italy  Netherlands  Portugal  Yugoslavia[1]
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1993
Vote
Voting system	A professional jury chose the finalists and the top 3 performances
Winning dancers	Spain Zenaida Yanowsky
1991 ← Eurovision Young Dancers → 1995

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 Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden.[2]

The non-qualified countries were Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Italy, Norway, Portugal and Yugoslavia. Zenaida Yanowsky of Spain won the contest, with Switzerland and Austria and France placing second and joint third respectively.[3]

Location

The Dance House in Stockholm, Sweden, was the host venue for the 1993 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.[2]

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'.[4]

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.[4]

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.[2]

Country	Participant	Dance	Choreographer
Belgium	Rafaella Raschella	"The Sleeping Beauty"	M. Petipa
Cyprus	Lia Haraki	"Sunrise - Sunset from Out of Silence"	N. Loizidu
Denmark	Julie Strandberg and Mads Blangstrup	"The Flower Festival in Genzano"	A. Bournonville
Estonia	Stanislav Jermakov and Luana Georg	"The Flower Festival in Genzano"	A. Bournonville
Greece	Theodora Bourbou	"Esmeralda"	M. Petipa
Norway	Kristine Oren	"The Snark"	S. Edvardsen
Slovenia	Ursa Vidmar	"Don Quixote"	M. Fokin

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.[3]

Place	Country	Participant	Dance	Choreographer
1	Spain	Zenaida Yanowsky	"Esmeralda"	M. Petipa
2	Switzerland	Kusha Angst	"The Corsair"	M. Petipa
3	Austria	Gregor Hatala	"Vayamos al diablo, 5 Tangos"	H. van Manen
	France	Raphaëlle Delaunay-Belleville	“Paquita, 2nd variation” from “Pas de trois”	M. Petipa
-	Finland	Riina Laurila	“Vague Woman” from “Symphony no. 1”	H. Heikkinen
-	Germany	Jens Weber and Franziska Koch	"Tchaikovsky – Pas de Deux"	G. Balanchine
-	Poland	Anna Sasiadek and Jacek Bres	"Esmeralda"	A. Vaganova
-	Sweden	Ludde Hagberg	"Coppelia"	A. Saint-Léon

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:[2]

Broadcasting

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

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 1993

References

External links

• Official website

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