Eurovision Young Dancers 1985

Eurovision Young Dancers 1985
Dates
Final16 June 1985
Host
VenueTeatro Municipale, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Presenter(s)Carla Fracci
Gheorghe Iancu [it][1]
DirectorEros Macchi
Nevio Sivini
Executive supervisorFrank Naef
Executive producerIlio Catani
Host broadcasterRadiotelevisione Italiana (RAI)
Websiteyoungdancers.tv/event/reggio-emilia-1985 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries11
Debuting countries
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         Participating countries
Vote
Voting systemA professional jury chose the top 3 participants.
Winning dancers Spain
Arantxa Argüelles
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The Eurovision Young Dancers 1985 was the first edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at Teatro Municipale in Reggio Emilia, Italy on 16 June 1985.[2] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI), dancers from eleven countries participated in the televised final.

Arantxa Argüelles of Spain won the contest, with Norway and Sweden placing second and third respectively.[3]

Location

Further information on the host venue: Teatro Municipale (Reggio Emilia)
Municipal Theatre of Reggio Emilia

Teatro Municipale (also since the 1980s called the Teatro Municipale Valli due to being named after the actor Romolo Valli), a theatre in Reggio Emilia, Northern Italy was the host venue for the 1985 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.[2]

Following the destruction by fire of the 1741 Teatro Cittadella in April 1851, the new theatre was designed by the architect Cesare Costa and constructed in the neoclassic style between 1852 and 1857.[4] Its inauguration took place on 21 April 1857 with the performance of the Vittor Pisani by local composer Achille Peri.

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'.[5]

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.[5]

The interval act was a ballet performance from presenters repertoire.[1]

Results

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.[3]

Draw Country Participant Place
01  Finland Anneke Lönnroth -
02  Spain Arantxa Argüelles 1
03  Belgium Ariane van de Vyver and Ben Huys -
04  Norway Arne Fagerholt 2
05  France Christine Landault and Stephane Elizabe -
06  Netherlands Jeanette den Blijker and Ruben Brugman -
07  United Kingdom Maria Almeida[a] and Errol Pickford -
08  Sweden Mia Stagh and Göran Svalberg 3
09  Italy Sabrina Vitangeli -
10  Germany Stefanie Eckhof -
11   Switzerland Xavier Ferla -

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:[7]

Broadcasting

The 1985 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in at least 11 countries. It was also reportedly broadcast in the Soviet Union via Intervision.[8]

Broadcasters in participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Belgium BRT TV2 [9]
 Finland YLE
 France FR3
 Germany ZDF
 Italy RAI Rai Tre [8]
 Netherlands NOS Nederland 2 Joop van Zijl [10]
 Norway NRK NRK Fjernsynet[b] Jannike M. Falk [no] [11]
 Spain TVE TVE 2 [12]
 Sweden SVT TV2 [13]
  Switzerland SRG SSR TSI [14]
TSR[c] Jean-Pierre Pastori [fr] [15]
TV DRS[c] [16]
 United Kingdom BBC BBC2 Humphrey Burton and Annette Page [17]

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ Shortly before the contest, it was announced that Almeida would replace Viviana Durante.[6]
  2. ^ Delayed broadcast on 22 June 1985 at 16:25 CEST (14:25 UTC)[11]
  3. ^ a b Broadcast through a second audio programme on TSI[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c "La felicita' sulle punte". Radiocorriere TV (in Italian). 16–22 March 1985. p. 31. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Eurovision Young Dancers 1985: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Eurovision Young Dancers 1985: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. ^ Lynn, Karyl Charna, Italian Opera Houses & Festivals, Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2005 ISBN 0-8108-5359-0 p. 235
  5. ^ a b "Eurovision Young Dancers - Format". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Eurovision Young Dancer of the Year - BBC Two England - 16 June 1985". BBC Genome Project. 16 June 1985. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  7. ^ http://cdmyd.mcu.es/cnd/pdf/programa-de-mano-33.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  8. ^ a b "TV | Domenica DO 16 giugno" [TV | Sunday SUN 16 June]. Radiocorriere TV (in Italian). Vol. 63, no. 24. 16–22 March 1985. pp. 50–53. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Zondag 16 juni" [Sunday 16 June]. Brugsch Handelsblad Weekwijzer [nl] (in Dutch). Bruges, Belgium. 3 May 1991. p. 2. Retrieved 28 August 2024 – via Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge [nl].
  10. ^ "Radio-Televisie" [Radio-Televisiondv]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Rotterdam, Netherlands. 15 June 1985. p. 7. Retrieved 15 March 2024 – via Delpher.
  11. ^ a b "Radio - TV". Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Sandefjord, Norway. 22 June 1985. p. 38. Retrieved 20 April 2024 – via National Library of Norway.
  12. ^ "Televisión". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. 16 June 1985. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Dagens radio/TV" [Today's radio/TV]. Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Sandefjord, Norway. 15 June 1985. p. 41. Retrieved 3 March 2024 – via National Library of Norway.
  14. ^ "I programmi televisivi della fine settimana" [Weekend TV programmes]. Popolo e Libertà (in Italian). Bellinzona, Switzerland. 27 May 1986. p. 8. Retrieved 12 March 2024 – via Sistema bibliotecario ticinese [it].
  15. ^ a b "TV – dimanche 16 juin" [TV – Sunday 16 June]. Radio TV8 (in French). Lausanne: Héliographia SA. 13 June 1985. pp. 22–23. Retrieved 3 March 2024 – via Scriptorium.
  16. ^ "TV + Radio · Sonntag" [TV + Radio · Sunday]. Bieler Tagblatt (in German). Biel, Switzerland. 15 June 1985. p. 31. Retrieved 16 March 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  17. ^ "Eurovision Young Dancer of the Year – BBC1". Radio Times. No. 3213. 13 June 1985. p. 33. Retrieved 1 May 2018 – via BBC Genome Project.