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The Eurovision Young Dancers 1995 was the sixth edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne, Switzerland on 6 June 1995.[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), dancers from nine countries participated in the televised final. A total of fifteen countries took part in the competition. Hungary and Russia made their début while Denmark and Estonia withdrew.[1] However, the Danish broadcaster DR broadcast the event as did Bulgaria and Romania.[1]

Eurovision Young Dancers 1995
Dates
Semi-final	3 June 1995
Final	6 June 1995
Host
Venue	Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland
Presenter(s)	Géraldine Chaplin Jean-Pierre Pastori
Host broadcaster	Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR)
Interval act	"Moments in a garden of Spain": Flamenco show by Nina Corti and her musicians
Website	youngdancers.tv/event/lausanne-1995
Participants
Number of entries	15
Debuting countries	Hungary  Russia
Returning countries	None
Non-returning countries	Denmark  Estonia
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1995
Vote
Voting system	A professional jury chose the finalists and the top 3 performances
Winning dancers	Spain Jesús Pastor Sauquillo and Ruth Miró Salvador
1993 ← Eurovision Young Dancers → 1997

The semi-final took place days 3 before the final (3 June 1995). Like in the previous contests, each country could participate with one or two dancers, male or female, not older than 19, that could perform one or two different dances: either a 2 variations (individual) no longer than 5 minutes each or a "pas de deux" (couples) no longer than 10 minutes.[1]

The disqualified countries were, Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Norway and Slovenia. Spain, represented by Jesús Pastor Sahuquillo and Ruth Miró Salvador, won the contest for the 4th time (3rd in a row) with Sweden and Belgium placing second and third respectively.[2]

Location

Palais de Beaulieu, a convention centre in Lausanne, Switzerland, was the host venue for the 1995 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.[1]

The centre includes the Théâtre de Beaulieu concert, dance and theatre hall and hosted the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest. With 1,850 seats, the Théâtre de Beaulieu is the biggest theatre in Switzerland.[3] The Prix de Lausanne, an international ballet competition, is hosted at the centre.

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 1995 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following countries failed to qualify.[1]

Country	Participant	Dance	Choreographer
Finland	Janna Eklund	"La Esmeralda: Variation de Diane"	A. Vaganova
Germany	Irina Schlaht	"La Esmeralda"	M. Petipa
Slovenia	Damjan Mohorko	"La Fille mal gardée: Variation de Colas"	M. Petipa and L. Ivanov
Norway	Maria Mikalsen	"Les mots sont allés"	I. Bjørnsgaard
Cyprus	Carolina Constadinou	"La Esmeralda"	M. Petipa
Hungary	Sara Weisz	"Death"	T. Juronics

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.[2]

Draw	Country	Participant	Dance	Choreographer	Result
01	Greece	Franghiskos Toumbakaris	“Ondine: variation acte II”	J. Neumeier	-
02	Poland	Filip Barankiewicz	“Paquita”	M. Petipa	-
03	Switzerland	Anne-Catherine Haller	“Raymonda”	M. Petipa	-
04	Austria	Oliver Preiss	“Taras Bulba: Gopak”	R. Zakharov	-
05	Russia	Maria Alexandrova	“Coppélia: variation de Swanilda”	M. Petipa	-
06	Belgium	Jeroen Hofmans	“Giselle: variation du paysan”	M. Petipa, J. Coralli and J. Perrot	3
07	France	Karl Paquette	“La Bayadère”	R. Noureev	-
08	Sweden	Nadja Sellrup	“Grand pas classique”	V. Gsovsky	2
09	Spain	Jesús Pastor Sahuquillo and Ruth Miró Salvador	“Arrayan Daraxa”	V. Ullate	1

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:[1]

Broadcasting

The 1995 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in 18 countries.[5] Bulgaria, Denmark, and Romania broadcast the contest in addition to the competing countries.

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 1995

References

External links

• Official website

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