Eurovision Young Dancers 1993

5. Eurovision Young Dancers
date	June 13, 1993 (semi-finals) June 15, 1991 (final)
Host country	Sweden
venue	Dansens hus, Stockholm
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Anneli Alhanko & John Chrispinsson
Pause filler	Documentation about the dancers who did not reach the final.
participating countries	15th
winner	Spain
First time participation	Estonia Greece Poland Slovenia
Returning participants	Austria
Withdrawn participants	Bulgaria Italy Yugoslavia Netherlands Portugal
Voting rule	A jury of experts determines the first three places. The remaining results remain unpublished.
◄ EYD 1991 • EYD 1995 ►

The 5th Eurovision Young Dancers took place on June 15, 1993 at Dansens hus, in Stockholm , Sweden . The host was SVT , which was commissioned to host a Eurovision Young Dancer for the first time.

The winner was the Spanish dancer Zenaida Yanowsky with her dance Esmeralda . It was the third time that Spain was able to win the competition. It was also the first time that a country had won the competition twice in a row. Second place went to the Swiss dancer Kusha Angst. In contrast, third place went to the dancers from France and Austria.

venue

SVT chose the Dansens hus in Stockholm as the venue . It was the first time that Sweden hosted an EYD.

format

Dancers between the ages of 16 and 21 could perform. However, only solo dancers or couples could compete. There was another semi-final, as the number of participants would otherwise exceed the time frame. There all 15 participants competed against each other, but only eight of them qualified for the final. There was still a professional jury, but this again awarded 1st to 3rd place. The chairman of the jury was the Swedish dancer Nils-Åke Häggbom. The other jury members were:

• Josette Amiel
• Frank Andersen
• María de Ávila
• Paolo Bortoluzzi
• Gigi Gheorghe Caciuleanu
• Birgit Cullberg
• Peter Van Dyk
• Micha van Hoecke
• Pierre Lacotte
• Elsa-Marianne Von Rosen
• Heinz Spoerli
• Elisabetta Terabust
• Jorma Uotinen

Moderation

The Swedish dancer and actress Anneli Alhanko and the Swedish presenter and journalist John Chrispinsson acted as moderators.

Attendees

Countries that participated in 1993

Countries that have already been eliminated in the semi-finals

Countries that have participated in the past but not in 1993

A total of 15 countries took part in the Eurovision Young Dancers in 1993, as many as in 1991 . However, Bulgaria, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal withdrew from the competition. Yugoslavia also withdrew from the competition, as the country had meanwhile disintegrated into its republics. Of these republics, however, only Slovenia made its debut. Estonia, Greece and Poland also took part for the first time in 1993. Austria, on the other hand, returned to the competition and thus participated in the competition for the first time since 1989 .

Semifinals

The 1993 semi-finals took place on June 13th, two days before the final. The following countries have already been eliminated in the semi-finals:

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

final

Eight countries competed against each other. Only the first three places were announced.

space	country	Attendees	Dance Choreography (C)
1.	Spain	Zenaida Yanowsky	Esmeralda C: M. Petipa
2.	Switzerland	Kusha fear	The Corsair C: M. Petipa
3.	France	Raphaëlle Delaunay-Belleville	Paquita (Second variation of Pas de trois) C: M. Petipa
3.	Austria	Gregor Hatala	Vayamos al diablo, 5 tangos C: H. van Manen
-	Finland	Riina Laurila	Vague Woman (From Symphony no.1) C: H. Heikkinen
-	Germany	Jens Weber & Franziska Koc	Tchaikovsky - Pas de Deux C: G. Balanchine
-	Poland	Anna Sasiadek & Jacek Bres	Esmeralda C: A. Vaganova
-	Sweden (hosts)	Ludde Hagberg	Coppelia C: A. Saint-Léon

transmission

A total of 15 television companies broadcast the event:

country	Channel
participating countries
Belgium	RTBF
Denmark	DR
Germany	ZDF
Estonia	ERR
Finland	YLE
France	France 3
Greece	ERT
Norway	NRK
Austria	ORF
Poland	TVP
Sweden	SVT
Switzerland	SRG SSR
Slovenia	RTV SLO
Spain	RTVE
Cyprus	CyBC

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} EBU : The Eurovision Young Dancers 1993 Official Booklet. In: issuu.com. January 15, 2013, accessed July 20, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} EBU : Eurovision Young Dancers 1993. In: youngdancers.tv. Retrieved July 20, 2019 . 

Web links

• Website (English)