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Eurovision Young Dancers 1989

Dance competition; third edition of Eurovision Young Dancers

Eurovision Young Dancers 1989
Dates
Final	28 June 1989
Host
Venue	Palais des Congrès, Paris, France
Presenter(s)	Zizi Jeanmaire Alain Duault [fr]
Directed by	Dirk Sanders
Executive supervisor	Frank Naef
Executive producer	Josette Affergan
Host broadcaster	France Régions 3 (FR3)
Website	youngdancers.tv/event/paris-1989
Participants
Number of entries	17
Debuting countries	Cyprus  Portugal
Returning countries	None
Non-returning countries	None
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi-final
Vote
Voting system	A professional jury awarded 2 prizes and 2 special prices for classical dance and contemporary dance
Winning dancers	France Agnès Letestu  United Kingdom Tetsuya Kumakawa
1987 ← Eurovision Young Dancers → 1991

The Eurovision Young Dancers 1989 was the third edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers held at the Palais des CongrèsinParis, France on 28 June 1989.^[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster France Régions 3 (FR3), dancers from ten countries participated in the televised final. A total of seventeen countries took part in the competition. Cyprus and Portugal made their debut at the contest.^[1]

The participant countries could send one or two dancers, male or female, that could not be older than 19. Each dancer was free to participate in any of these 2 categories: classical dancing or contemporary, modern or jazz dancing. The pas de deux performances could not be longer than ten minutes, while the variations could not be longer than five minutes. There were 4 awards that year: contemporary dancing prize, classical dancing prize and 2 jury's special prizes (for contemporary and classical dance).^[1]

The non-qualified countries were Austria, Canada, Cyprus, Italy, Norway, Portugal and Yugoslavia. Agnès Letestu of France won the contemporary dance prize, with Tetsuya Kumakawa of United Kingdom winning the classical ballet prize.^[2]

The Palais des congrès de Paris, a concert venue, convention centre and shopping mall in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France, was the host venue for the 1989 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.^[1]

The venue was built by French architect Guillaume Gillet, and was inaugurated in 1974. The venue hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1978. Nearby the venue are Bois de Boulogne and the affluent neighbourhood of Neuilly-sur-Seine. The closest métro and RER stations are Porte Maillot and Neuilly – Porte Maillot, accessible via the lower levels of the building.

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 the dancers 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 opening act was "Mon truc en plumes" performed by host Zizi Jeanmaire with her dancers and for the interval『Concerto en Ré』by L'École du Ballet de l'Ópera de Paris.^[1]

Due to time restrictions, a semi-final was held to select the ten performers for the final.^[1]

A total of sixteen countries took part in the preliminary semi-final round of the 1989 contest, of which ten qualified to the televised grand final. The following countries failed to qualify.^[1]

Country	Participant
Italy	Danilo Mazzota
Cyprus	Hélène O'Keefe
Canada	Cherice Barton
Yugoslavia	Dino Baksa
Portugal	Ana Lacerda
Norway	Hilde Olsen
Austria	Jürgen Wagner

Prize	Country	Participant(s)
Contemporary Dance Prize	France	Agnès Letestu
Classical Ballet Prize	United Kingdom	Tetsuya Kumakawa
Jury's special prize (Classical)	Switzerland	Christina McDermott
Jury's special prize (Contemporary)	Spain	María Giménez and Igor Yebra
-	Belgium	Géraldine Boussart
-	Denmark	Rachel Hester and Martin Vedel
-	Finland	Petri Toivanen
-	Netherlands	Gaby Baars and Léon Pronk
-	Sweden	Marie Lindqvist
-	Germany	Patrick Becker

The jury members consisted of the following:^[1]

 Denmark – Frank Andersen

 Italy – Paolo Bortoluzzi

 Argentina – Oscar Araiz

 France – Igor Eisner

 Germany – John Neumeier

 Soviet Union – Ekaterina Maximova

  Switzerland – Heinz Spoerli

 Soviet Union – Vladimir Vasiliev

The 1989 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in 19 countries including Jordan and Bulgaria.^[1][4]

Broadcasters in participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Austria	ORF	FS2[a]	Karl Musil [de]	[5][6]
Belgium	RTBF	Télé 21		[7]
Canada	CBC	CBC
Cyprus	CyBC	RIK		[8]
Denmark	DR	DR TV	Niels Oxenvad	[9]
Finland	YLE	TV1
France	FR3			[10][11]
	TV5			[7]
Germany	3sat		Jens Wendland	[12][6]
Italy	RAI	Rai Tre[b]		[13][14]
Netherlands	NOS	Nederland 3		[7][15]
Norway	NRK	NRK Fjernsynet	Eyvind Solås	[16]
Spain	TVE	TVE 2		[17]
Sweden	SVT	Kanal 1[c]		[16]
Switzerland	SRG SSR	SRG Sportkette [de]	Verena Hoehne	[12][6]
		SSR Chaîne sportive	Jean-Pierre Pastori [fr]	[10]
		TSI Canale sportivo		[13]
United Kingdom	BBC	BBC2	Judith Mackrell and Richard Alston	[18]
Yugoslavia	JRT	TV Beograd 2		[19]
		TV Zagreb 2		[20]

Broadcasters in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster
Bulgaria	BNT
Jordan	JRTV

• Eurovision Song Contest 1989

• Official website