| Eurovision Young Dancers | |
| Year: | 1987 |
| Final: | 31 May 1987 |
| Presenters: | Margot Werner |
| Exproducer: | Harro Eisele |
| Exsupervisor: | Frank Naef |
| Director: | Hugo Käch |
| Host: | Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) |
| Venue: | Schlosstheater, Schwetzingen, Germany |
| Windance: | Rose Gad Poulsen and Nikolaj Hübbe |
| Vote: | A professional jury chose the top 3 participants. |
| Entries: | 14 |
| Nonreturn: | None |
| Green: | Y |
The Eurovision Young Dancers 1987 was the second edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Schlosstheater Schwetzingen, Germany on 31 May 1987.[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), dancers from fourteen countries participated in the televised final.,, and made their debut at the contest, while and competed together with a joint entry.[1]
For the first time ever, the Canadian broadcaster CBC (an EBU associate member), joined the show with its participant, making it the only Eurovision event to feature a country from North America, and the only EBU event to feature an associate member as a participant prior to Australia's debut at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015. The participant countries could send one or two dancers, male or female, that could not be older than 20. Each entry consisted in one or two dances with no rules or limitations regarding the style. The dances could not be longer than 5 minutes (for soloists) or 10 minutes (for couples).[1]
Rose Gad Poulsen and Nikolaj Hübbe of Denmark won the contest, with Switzerland and West Germany placing second and third respectively.[2]
Schlosstheater Schwetzingen (Schwetzingen palace theater), a court theater in Schwetzingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany was the host venue for the 1987 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.[1]
The historic building, opened in 1753, is part of Schloss Schwetzingen and since 1952 the principal venue of the Schwetzingen Festival. It is also called Hoftheater (court theater), Hofoper (court opera), and Comoedienhaus (comedy house). The frequently applied name Rokokotheater (Rococo theater) is misleading, because it shows also neoclassical elements, added in 1762.
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'.[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 interval was Arne Fagerholt who performed Kjersti Alveberg's production Spirits.[2]
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]
| Place | Country | Participant | Dance | Choreographer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Divertissement from “La Sylphide” | A. Bournonville | |||
| 2 | Frédéric Gafner | Variation from the first act of “La Sylphide” | A. Bournonville | ||
| 3 | Stefanie Arndt | Variation from “Le Corsaire” | M. Petipa | ||
| - | Erika Nowak | Variation of the girl friends from "Raymonda" | M. Petipa and R. Nureyev | ||
| - | Blue Bird Pas de deux from “Sleeping Beauty” | M. Petipa | |||
| - | Stephen Legate | Variation from “La Bayadère” | M. Petipa and N. Makarova | ||
| - | Susanna Aaltonen and Tomi Paasonen | Pas de deux Odette/Siegfried from the second act of “Swan Lake” | L. Ivanov | ||
| - | Marie-Soizic Cabié | Aurora's variation from the first act of “Sleeping Beauty” | M. Petipa | ||
| - | Giulia Menicucci | Variation from “Giselle” | J. Coralli and J. J. Perrot | ||
| - | Halldis Ólafsdóttir | "Paper Nut" | J. Day | ||
| - | María Montserrat León | Variation from “Le Corsaire” | M. Petipa | ||
| - | Johannes Öhman | Franz's variation from the third act of “Coppelia” | K. Damianov | ||
| - | Paul Liburd | "Under Summer" | R. Cohan | ||
| - | Vedrana Ostojic | Variation from “Le Corsaire” | M. Petipa |
The jury members consisted of the following:[1]
The 1987 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in at least 15 countries.
| + Broadcasters in participating countries | ||||
| Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORF | FS1 | [4] | ||
| BRT | ||||
| CBC | CBC | |||
| DR | DR TV | Niels Karl Nielsen | [5] | |
| YLE | ||||
| FR3 | Charles Imbert | [6] | ||
| ZDF | Jens Wendland | [7] | ||
| 3sat | [8] | |||
| RAI | ||||
| NOS | Dutch; Flemish: [[NPO 2|Nederland 2]]|i=unset | Joop van Zijl and Marc Jonkers | [9] [10] | |
| NRK | Norwegian: [[NRK1|NRK Fjernsynet]]|i=unset | Anne Borg | [11] | |
| TVE | ||||
| SVT | TV2 | |||
| SRG SSR | [12] [13] [14] | |||
| French: [[Radio Télévision Suisse|SSR Chaîne sportive]]|i=unset | Jean-Pierre Pastori | |||
| Italian: [[Radiotelevisione svizzera|TSI Canale sportivo]]|i=unset | ||||
| BBC | BBC2 | Humphrey Burton and Monica Mason | [15] | |
| JRT | TV Beograd 2 | [16] | ||