Eurovision Young Dancers 2001

Eurovision Young Dancers 2001
Dates
Semi-final	18 June 2001
Final	23 June 2001
Host
Venue	Linbury Studio Theatre, London, United Kingdom
Presenter(s)	Deborah Bull
Director	Ross MacGibbon
Executive producer	Bob Lockyer
Host broadcaster	British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Interval act	Symbiont(s) by Wayne McGregor
Participants
Number of entries	18
Debuting countries	Ukraine  Ireland
Returning countries	Austria  Estonia  Norway
Withdrawing countries	France  Spain  Hungary
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2001
Vote
Voting system	A professional jury chose the finalists and the top 3 performances
Winning dancers	Poland David & Marcin Kupinski
Eurovision Young Dancers
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The Eurovision Young Dancers 2001 was the eighth edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Linbury Studio Theatre of the Royal Opera House in London, United Kingdom between 18 and 23 June 2001.^[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), dancers from eleven countries participated in the televised final. A total of eighteen countries took part in the competition. Ireland and Ukraine made their début while Austria, Estonia and Norway returned. France, Hungary and Spain withdrew from the contest.^[1]

The semi-final that took place five days before the final (18 June 2001). Each country could send one or two performers, male and female, not older than 20, who could perform one or two dances. The dancers could choose between classical and contemporary dance.^[1]

The non-qualified countries were Austria, Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Norway, Slovenia and Ukraine. David and Marcin Kupinski of Poland won the contest, with Belgium and Netherlands placing second and joint third respectively.^[2]

Location

The Linbury Studio Theatre of the Royal Opera House in London, United Kingdom was the host venue for the 2001 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.^[1]

The Linbury is most notable for hosting performances of experimental and independent dance and music, by independent companies and as part of the ROH2, the contemporary producing arm of the Royal Opera House. The Linbury Studio Theatre regularly stages performances by the Royal Ballet School and also hosts the Young British Dancer of the Year competition.

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'.^[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. Once all the jury votes have been counted, the two participants which received the highest total of points progress to a final round. The final round consists of a 90-second 'dual', were each of the finalists perform a 45-second random dance-off routine. The overall winner upon completion of the final dances is chosen by the professional jury members.^[3]

Results

Preliminary round

A total of eighteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 2001 contest, of which eleven qualified to the televised grand final.^[1]

Country	Name	Result
Germany	Thiago Bordin	Qualified
Belgium	Jeroen Verbruggen	Qualified
Cyprus	Marina Kyriakidou	Failed to qualify
Austria	Rainer Krenstetter	Failed to qualify
Finland	Johanna Nuutinen	Qualified
Ireland	Sarah Reynolds	Failed to qualify
United Kingdom	Jamie Bond	Qualified
Greece	Olga Tsimourta & Tina Nassika	Failed to qualify
Estonia	Sergei Upkin	Qualified
Latvia	Anna Novikova	Qualified
Netherlands	Golan Yosef & Maartje Hermans	Qualified
Poland	David & Marcin Kupinski	Qualified
Czech Republic	Marek Kašparovský & Jiří Pokorný	Qualified
Norway	Tale Dolven	Failed to qualify
Slovenia	Eva Gasparic	Failed to qualify
Sweden	Johan Thelander & Elizaveta Penkova	Qualified
Switzerland	Sarah Kora Dayanova	Qualified
Ukraine	Leonid Sarafanov	Failed to qualify

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.^[2]

Draw	Country	Participant	Dance	Choreographer	Result
04	Poland	Dawid Kupinski & Marcin Kupinski	"Brothers"	E. Wesolowski	1
01	Belgium	Jeroen Verbruggen	"Hyperballad"	J. Verbruggen & G. Egilsson	2
11	Netherlands	Maartje Hermans & Golan Yosef	"Perfect Skin"	E. Wubbe	3
10	Latvia	Anna Novikova	"Solo from Act 3 of Le Corsaire"	M. Petipa	-
08	Czech Republic	Marek Kasparovsky & Jiri Pokorny	Alterego	T. Rychetsky & D. Stransky	-
09	Estonia	Sergei Upkin	"Franz Variation from Coppelia"	A. Saint-Leon	-
03	Finland	Johanna Nuutinen	"Angels Fly Low"	M. Rouhiainen	-
02	Germany	Thiago Bordin	"Tchaikovsky Variation - Pas de Deux"	G. Balanchine	-
06	Sweden	Johan Thelander & Elizaveta Penkóva	"At This Point"	J. Thelander & E. Penkova	-
07	Switzerland	Sarah Kora Dayanova	"Tango Te Amo"	L. Smeak	-
05	United Kingdom	Jamie Bond	"Seigfried Solo from Act 3 Swan Lake"	M. Petipa	-

Jury members

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

See also

• European Broadcasting Union
• Eurovision Song Contest 2001
• Eurovision Young Dancers

References