Comments on: VERONIKA PART ON DAVID LETTERMAN — WHO SAW IT?

By: salthepal

salthepal — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:44:09 +0000

I am a mom in connecticut. I am a lifelong Letterman fan! I was so excited to see Veronica Part on Letterman! My son Sam is a new apprentice for Richmond Ballet. We are all about anything Ballet!!! Thank you Dave, Please have some Nutcracker excerpts this year!! He is Mr. NY, he should promote ABT!!! Thank you for your page here. Very enjoyable!

By: salthepal

salthepal — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:44:09 +0000

By: SwanLakeSambaGirl

SwanLakeSambaGirl — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:36:05 +0000

I totally agree about Hee Seo. That scene gave me chills too. I'm sure she will get a promotion this summer, or whenever they give promotions there. I just wish it could be all the way to principal — I wonder if that's ever happened? It might have happened with Julio Bocca?…

By: SwanLakeSambaGirl

SwanLakeSambaGirl — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:34:10 +0000

Thank you so much for that link, Jennifer — and for alerting me to her being on the show in the first place! I really appreciate it! Well, enormous thanks, obviously, to Tony Mendez — wow, how wonderful that he was able to get her on! Okay, who's next

By: SwanLakeSambaGirl

SwanLakeSambaGirl — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:31:56 +0000

I know, I wonder too. When I saw her at the stage door that one night she was just wearing a sweater and t-shirt, etc., but so has everyone I've seen at the stage door. I know, she did look really glamorous!

By: SwanLakeSambaGirl

SwanLakeSambaGirl — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:30:34 +0000

Thank you!

By: SwanLakeSambaGirl

SwanLakeSambaGirl — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:29:57 +0000

Oh cool! Thank you so much for those links EM — just what I was looking for!

By: SwanLakeSambaGirl

SwanLakeSambaGirl — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:27:47 +0000

Hi Barbara — I've been so busy I forgot to respond to your earlier comment, but, funny thing — my friend saw Wiles and Hallberg too in SL and she said he did do the jump at the end, like he did last year. She said she would have been really disappointed if he didn't. She said she's one of the people who wrote into the Winger saying he should continue to do the jump — I didn't know her then! So, I guess he did do it at one performance and not the other. I wonder why? Maybe he was trying out both ways?…

By the way, I waited for you after the Saturday matinee performance thinking maybe we could go to the stage door together, but I never saw you. I should have known I'd never be able to find anyone in that crowded of a place! Next time maybe we can make plans beforehand:)

By: broomdude

broomdude — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:50:20 +0000

I've been reading your admiring descriptions of Ms. Part for a number of months and your writngs have certainly helped her career. You are correct: She is a phenomenon, both personally and artistically.
May her star rise for years to come.

By: JoannaOC

JoannaOC — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:46:35 +0000

Whoa! thanks for posting both links. Ade only has 30 seconds, but he shows us all the energy and creativity we've been missing because he's been harnessed by the choreography. Travis has grown so much since his time on SYTYCD. thanks for the link!

By: EM

EM — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:14:34 +0000

[b]Tonya[/b], here is a good recap of the SYTYCD top12 result.
http://mjsbigblog.com/so-you-think-you-can-danc...

A lot of posters enjoy Ade's solo for its musicality. I thought I would include a solo by Travis (S2) to the same music here. Incredible musicality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LzOO04_Yq0

By: Linda

Linda — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:38:04 +0000

I believe the first pic was Veronika as an odalisque in Le Corsaire

By: Sloop

Sloop — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:50:05 +0000

The appearance was boring and awkward to the layperson, for reasons not entirely her part (Letterman is an oaf).

I imagine James Wolcott might be feeling a little like Dorian Gray when he took Basil and Lord Henry to see Sybil as Juliet.

By: papermoon

papermoon — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:57:48 +0000

It's already on YouTube !!
Last night, I was waiting but couldn't keep my eyes open…
I'm so happy to find your comment and video

By: jolene

jolene — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:21:22 +0000

I think David just wanted to do an arabesque/attitude! I thought it was cute at how respectful Letterman was, and how in awe he was of her talent. I'm glad he didn't crack too many jokes – I don't think she would have understood – but it was such a cute interview. And she's gorgeous! She has beautiful feet too.

I wonder if she dresses like that photo above all the time. She's very glamorous.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:47:12 +0000

Hi Tonya,
I have Veronika's Letterman on tape and the very next thing I'm going to do this morning is watch it. I was never a big fan until this year when I saw her in LaSylphide with Cory Stearns. Initially I was disappointed b/c my tickets were supposed to be for David and (hmmm now I can't remember who he was going to dance with) and then the cast was changed. And last year I had seen her do Swan Lake with David and didn't really care for her. But now I think I've gotten to understand her style more and even tho I originally thought she was miscast in LaSylphide she completely changed my mind. And I loved Cory too! I would never be disappointed to see him again:) Then I saw Veronika in Swan Lake with Bolle and she completely took my breath away. Now I'm a big fan!! Off the topic of Veronika – I don't know if you saw an earlier post I made about David's final jump in Swan Lake. In the performance I saw he didn't do the BIG JUMP! My daughter and I looked at each, stunned. We had been waiting for that final moment I guess he decided to tone it down a little and he simply “fell” into the lake. I wonder what he'll do next year. I for one would like to see him reinstate his huge leap.

By: robin

robin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:48:41 +0000

i saw it too and thought she was ADORABLE! it thought it was funny how completely clueless david letterman is about ballet! she seems incredibly sweet and is so lovely. i loved her dress too but thought surely those heels must hurt much more than pointe shoes!! confess i was also hoping for pics or discussion about marcelo, lol. maybe this will start a trend of ballet dancers on talk shows—one can only hope.

looking forward to your final R&J review

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:10:02 +0000

Even though it's been years since I've used a VCR (DVR is the way to go! It can alert you to dance performances on tv!) you can set it to tape two different shows as long as they are not on at the same time!!!

I'm pretty sure that Ms. Part was championed onto the show by Tony Mendez who is David's cue card guy as well as a former dancer and a huge ABT fan. I read a wonderful interview with him here: http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/dance/43691...

I'm the one who sent you the email about Veronika being on the show, I was alerted to it by my DVR…I'm telling you that thing is a godsend. If there was any show for her to be on, I'm glad it was Dave's, he's very good with first time talk show guests.