Eurovision Young Dancers 1987

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|year = 1987

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|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

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Rose Gad Poulsen and Nikolaj Hübbe

|vote = A professional jury chose the top 3 participants.

|entries = 14

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The Eurovision Young Dancers 1987 was the second edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Schlosstheater in Schwetzingen, Germany, on 31 May 1987.{{cite web|title=Eurovision Young Dancers 1987: About the show|url=http://www.youngdancers.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=1763#About|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=5 October 2014}} Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), dancers from fourteen countries participated in the televised final. {{Esccnty|Austria|Dancers}}, {{Esccnty|Canada|Dancers}} and {{Esccnty|Yugoslavia|Dancers}} made their debut at the contest, while {{Esccnty|Belgium|Dancers}} and {{Esccnty|Netherlands|Dancers}} competed together with a joint entry.

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).

Rose Gad Poulsen and Nikolaj Hübbe of Denmark won the contest, with Switzerland and West Germany placing second and third respectively.{{cite web|title=Eurovision Young Dancers 1987: Participants|url=http://www.youngdancers.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=1763#Participants|website=youngdancers.tv|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=5 October 2014}}

Location

File:Schlossgarten Schwetzingen 008.jpg

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.

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.

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'.{{cite web|title=Eurovision Young Dancers - Format|url=http://www.youngdancers.tv/page/pilsen-2015/about/format|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211202304/http://www.youngdancers.tv/page/pilsen-2015/about/format|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 February 2015|website=youngdancers.tv|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=8 March 2015}}

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.

The interval was Arne Fagerholt who performed Kjersti Alveberg's production Spirits.

Results

=Final=

Awards were given to the top three participants. 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.

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" \| {{abbr\|R/O\|Running order}} ! scope="col" \| Country ! scope="col" \| Broadcaster ! scope="col" \| Dancer(s) ! scope="col" \| Dance ! scope="col" \| Choreographer ! scope="col" \| Result
style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" \| \| {{Esc\|Denmark\|Dancers}} \| DR \| Rose Gad Poulsen and Nikolaj Hübbe \| Divertissement from La Sylphide \| A. Bournonville \| style="text-align:center;" \| 1
scope="row" style="text-align:center;" \| \| {{Esc\|Switzerland\|Dancers}} \| SRG SSR \| Frédéric Gafner \| Variation from the first act of La Sylphide \| A. Bournonville \| style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;" \| 2
scope="row" style="text-align:center;" \| \| {{Esc\|Germany\|name=West Germany\|Dancers}} \| ZDF \| Stefanie Arndt \| Variation from Le Corsaire \| M. Petipa \| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" \| 3
scope="row" style="text-align:center;" \| \| {{Esc\|Austria\|Dancers}} \| ORF \| Erika Nowak \| Variation of the girl friends from Raymonda \| M. Petipa and R. Nureyev \| {{N/A

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scope="col" | {{abbr|R/O|Running order}}

! scope="col" | Country

! scope="col" | Broadcaster

! scope="col" | Dancer(s)

! scope="col" | Dance

! scope="col" | Choreographer

! scope="col" | Result

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| {{Esc|Denmark|Dancers}}

| DR

| Rose Gad Poulsen and Nikolaj Hübbe

| Divertissement from La Sylphide

| A. Bournonville

| style="text-align:center;" | 1

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |

| {{Esc|Switzerland|Dancers}}

| SRG SSR

| Frédéric Gafner

| Variation from the first act of La Sylphide

| A. Bournonville

| style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;" | 2

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |

| {{Esc|Germany|name=West Germany|Dancers}}

| ZDF

| Stefanie Arndt

| Variation from Le Corsaire

| M. Petipa

| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 3

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |

| {{Esc|Austria|Dancers}}

| ORF

| Erika Nowak

| Variation of the girl friends from Raymonda

| M. Petipa and R. Nureyev

| {{N/A

}

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |

| {{Esc|Netherlands|Dancers}}{{efn|name=broadcast|{{Esccnty|Netherlands|Dancers}} and {{Esccnty|Belgium|Dancers}} competed together with a joint entry. In the competition, the two dancers represented the Dutch colors.}}

| {{hlist|NOS|BRT}}

| Marieke Simons and Bart de Block

| Blue Bird Pas de deux from Sleeping Beauty

| M. Petipa

| {{N/A|}}

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |

| {{Esc|Canada|Dancers}}

| CBC

| Stephen Legate

| Variation from La Bayadère

| M. Petipa and N. Makarova

| {{N/A|}}

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |

| {{Esc|Finland|Dancers}}

| YLE

| Susanna Aaltonen and Tomi Paasonen

| Pas de deux Odette/Siegfried from the second act of Swan Lake

| L. Ivanov

| {{N/A|}}

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |

| {{Esc|France|Dancers}}

| FR3

| Marie-Soizic Cabié

| Aurora's variation from the first act of Sleeping Beauty

| M. Petipa

| {{N/A|}}

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |

| {{Esc|Italy|Dancers}}

| RAI

| Giulia Menicucci

| Variation from Giselle

| J. Coralli and J. J. Perrot

| {{N/A|}}

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |

| {{Esc|Norway|Dancers}}

| NRK

| Halldis Ólafsdóttir

| Paper Nut

| J. Day

| {{N/A|}}

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |

| {{Esc|Spain|Dancers}}

| TVE

| María Montserrat León

| Variation from Le Corsaire

| M. Petipa

| {{N/A|}}

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |

| {{Esc|Sweden|Dancers}}

| SVT

| Johannes Öhman

| Franz's variation from the third act of Coppelia

| K. Damianov

| {{N/A|}}

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |

| {{Esc|United Kingdom|Dancers}}

| BBC

| Paul Liburd

| Under Summer

| R. Cohan

| {{N/A|}}

! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |

| {{Esc|Yugoslavia|Dancers}}

| JRT

| Vedrana Ostojic

| Variation from Le Corsaire

| M. Petipa

| {{N/A|}}

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:

{{flagu|Italy}} – {{ill|Paolo Bortoluzzi|it}} (Head of jury)
{{flagu|Denmark}} – Frank Andersen
{{flagu|Argentina}} – {{ill|Oscar Araiz|es}}
{{flagu|Canada}} – Celia Franca
{{flagu|USA}} – Mary Hinkson
{{flagu|Denmark}} – Mette Hønningen
{{flagu|USSR}} – Galina Samsova
{{flagu|Switzerland}} – Heinz Spoerli
{{flagu|Spain}} – José de Udaeta

Broadcasts<span class="anchor" id="Broadcasting"></span>

The 1987 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in at least 15 countries. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

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+ Broadcasters in participating countries
scope="col" \| Country ! scope="col" \| Broadcaster ! scope="col" \| Channel(s) ! scope="col" \| Commentator(s) ! scope="col" \| {{abbr\|Ref(s)\|References}}
scope="row" \| {{Flagu\|Austria}} \| ORF \| FS1{{efn\|Deferred broadcast at 22:05 CET (21:05 UTC)}} \| {{N/A

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+ Broadcasters in participating countries

scope="col" | Country

! scope="col" | Broadcaster

! scope="col" | Channel(s)

! scope="col" | Commentator(s)

! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|References}}

scope="row" | {{Flagu|Austria}}

| ORF

| FS1{{efn|Deferred broadcast at 22:05 CET (21:05 UTC)}}

| {{N/A

}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |date=31 May 1987 |title=TV + Radio • Sonntag|url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=BTB19870530-01.1.15 |access-date=10 April 2024 |work=Bieler Tagblatt |location=Biel, Switzerland |page=15 |language=de |via=e-newspaperarchives.ch}}

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Belgium}}

| BRT

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" |

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Canada}}

|CBC

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" |

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Denmark}}

| DR

| DR TV

| Niels Karl Nielsen

| style="text-align:center" |{{cite web |title=Alle tiders programoversigter – Søndag den 31. maj 1987 |trans-title=All-time programme overviews – Saturday 31st May 1987 |url=https://www.dr.dk/alletidersprogramoversigter/?date=1987-05-31 |publisher=DR |access-date=5 March 2024 |archive-date=27 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327153525/https://www.dr.dk/alletidersprogramoversigter/?date=1987-05-31 |url-status=live }}

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Finland}}

| YLE

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" |

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|France}}

|colspan="2"|FR3{{efn|Delayed two-part broadcast on 29 and 30 June at 23:30 CET and 23:20 CET respectively}}

| Charles Imbert

| style="text-align:center" |{{Cite web |title=Concours eurovision des jeunes danseurs : iere partie (catalog record) |url=http://inatheque.ina.fr/doc/TV-RADIO/DA_CPC87006008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413192225/http://inatheque.ina.fr/doc/TV-RADIO/DA_CPC87006008 |archive-date=13 April 2024 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=INAthèque |publisher=Institut national de l'audiovisuel |language=fr |id=CPC87006008}}

! scope="row" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Germany}}

| colspan="2" | 3sat

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Sonntag, 31. Mai |trans-title=Sunday 31 May |url=https://viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu/ark:70795/zh481dtk7w/pages/88 |magazine=Revue Agenda |location=Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |volume=43 |issue=22 |access-date=16 May 2024 |language=de |pages=8–10 |date=30 May – 5 June 1987 |via=National Library of Luxembourg}}

| colspan="2" | ZDF{{efn|Deferred broadcast at 22:35 (CET)}}

| Jens Wendland

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Televisie en radio |trans-title=Television and Radio |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010611279:mpeg21:p009 |access-date=10 April 2024 |work=Limburgs Dagblad |date=30 May 1987 |page=9 |location=Heerlen, Netherlands |language=nl |via=Delpher}}

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Italy}}

| RAI

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" |

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Netherlands}}

| NOS

| {{lang|nl|Nederland 2|i=unset}}{{efn|Delayed broadcast on 2 June at 20:30 CET (19:30 UTC)}}

| Joop van Zijl and Marc Jonkers

| style="text-align:center" |{{cite news |title=T.V. Programma's |url=https://aalst.courant.nu/issue/DVP/1987-05-29/edition/0/page/15 |access-date=10 April 2024 |work=De Voorpost |date=31 May 1987 |page=15 |location=Aalst, Belgium |language=nl}}{{cite news |title=Televisie en Radio |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010611511:mpeg21:p008 |access-date=10 April 2024 |work=Limburgs Dagblad |date=30 June 1987 |page=8 |location=Heerlen, Netherlands |language=nl |via=Delpher}}

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Norway}}

| NRK

| {{lang|no|NRK Fjernsynet|i=unset}}

| Anne Borg

| style="text-align:center" |{{cite news |date=31 May 1987 |title=TV Radio programmene |url=https://www.nb.no/items/a252777636d7fc72f5e654f8fd0c97fe?page=53 |access-date=5 March 2023 |work=Sandefjords Blad |location=Sandefjord, Norway |page=53 |language=no |via=National Library of Norway}}

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Spain}}

| TVE

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" |

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|Sweden}}

| SVT

| TV2

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" |

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | {{Flagu|Switzerland}}

| rowspan="3" | SRG SSR

| TV DRS{{efn|Broadcast through a second audio programme on TSR|name="TSR"}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Fernsehen – Sonntag 31. Mai |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=NZZ19870530-01.1.32 |access-date=5 March 2024 |work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |page=32 |date=31 May 1987 |location=Zürich, Switzerland |language=de |via=e-newspaperarchives.ch}}

| {{lang|fr|TSR|i=unset}}

| {{ill|Jean-Pierre Pastori|fr}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite magazine |title=Dimanche TV – 31 mai |trans-title=Sunday TV – 31 May |url=https://www.scriptorium.ch/zoom/322279/view?page=17&p=verso&tool=info |access-date=10 April 2024 |magazine=Radio TV8 |date=28 May 1987 |issue=22 |location=Lausanne, Switzerland |pages=32–34 |language=fr |via=Scriptorium}}

| {{lang|it|TSI|i=unset}}{{efn|name="TSR"}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=I programmi televisi della fine settimana |url=https://www2.sbt.ti.ch/quotidiani-public-pdf/main_part.php?fullscreen=true&paper=pel&day=30&month=5&year=1987&page=12&allpages=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |access-date=14 March 2024 |work=Popolo e Libertà |date=31 May 1987 |location=Bellinzona, Switzerland |page=8 |language=it |via={{ill|Sistema bibliotecario ticinese|it}}}}

! scope="row" | {{Flagu|United Kingdom}}

| BBC

| BBC2

| Humphrey Burton and Monica Mason

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/7dd84ca020c348e2a58161fc418705c0 |title=Eurovision Young Dancer |date=31 May 1987 |publisher=BBC |issue=3314 |page=85| access-date=5 March 2024|via=BBC Genome}}

! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | {{Flagu|Yugoslavia}}

| rowspan="2" | JRT

| TV Beograd 2

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" |{{cite news |title=Телевизија |trans-title=Television |url=https://istorijskenovine.unilib.rs/view/index.html#panel:pp{{!}}issue:UB_00064_19870530{{!}}page:10 |access-date=25 May 2024 |work=Borba |date=30 May 1987 |location=Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia |page=10 |language=sh-cyrl |via=Belgrade University Library}}

| {{ill|TV SLO 2|sl|lt=TV Ljubljana 2}}

| {{N/A|}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite news |title=Televizija – spored za nedeljo |trans-title=Television – schedule for Sunday |url=https://www.dlib.si/listalnik/URN_NBN_SI_doc-JKDERWJE/14/ |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=Delo |date=30 May 1988 |location=Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia |page=14 |language=sl |via=Digital Library of Slovenia}}