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Re: VERONIKA PART ON DAVID LETTERMAN — WHO SAW IT?

salthepal — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:44:09 -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!

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SwanLakeSambaGirl — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:36:05 -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?...

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SwanLakeSambaGirl — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:34:10 -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 :)

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SwanLakeSambaGirl — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:31:56 -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!

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SwanLakeSambaGirl — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:30:34 -0000

Thank you!

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SwanLakeSambaGirl — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:29:57 -0000

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

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SwanLakeSambaGirl — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:27:47 -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:)

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vox clamantis in red state — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:50:20 -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.

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JoannaOC — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:46:35 -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!

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EM — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:14:34 -0000

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

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/watc...

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Name — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:10:37 -0000

Yes, it was. :)

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Linda — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:38:04 -0000

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

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Sloop — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:50:05 -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.

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papermoon — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:57:48 -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 :)

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jolene — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:21:22 -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.

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Barbara — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:47:12 -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.

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MRR — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:06:05 -0000

I saw Part on Letterman, and I think you summarized her appearance perfectly. I think it's excellent that ABT can get further exposure by her appearing on Letterman.

And I also saw Hee Seo last night in R&J, and I just could not believe my eyes. My mom and I were constantly like, "She's only in the corps?!" The scene where she was debating whether to take the potion or not gave me chills and she contrasted between the sunny, lighthearted Julet and the heartbroken, angry, and ultimately suicidal Juliet superbly. Promote her NOW!

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Joanna — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:48:43 -0000

Wow, what a gorgeous dress. I'll bet there will be a clip up on hulu or the show site. I'll look for it. For SYTYCD resutls, there are plenty of recaps and clips of the dances up. B3 were Caitlin/Jason, Phillip and Jeanine, and Melissa and Ade. That last one was a surprise, but I think that Mia's dance for Kayla/Kupono and the love for Randi/Evan got the voters out in force for them. Caitlin's solo was defeated, Jason's was a little desperate, Melissa's was fine, but not mind-blowing, Pnillip's was his usual awesomeness, and Ade blew everyone away once he was not relegated to lifting Melissa, with his musicality, variety of movement, and a few great tricks. Great music choice, too. Sent home: Caitlin and.....Phillip. But Nigel took great care to say that they were choosing the top two out of three for the sake of the tour and that the two eliminated tonight will in fact go on the tour as "swing dancers" so he took the suspense out of that.
Phillip was emotional and humble, and very classy in his little speech when he got the boot; lots of fans who might have been happy to see him voted off gave him big props for being a classy guy. Melissa danced en pointe, and a few folks remarked that the floor for the show is not great for that. Singing guest was as wretched as ever. There was a brief clip of an auditioin montage for S6, highlighting a quirky but talented dancer named Teddy Tedholm. A good show.
Clips up for sure on MJ's or Rickey's blog, also SYTYCDism.
Oh, and the group dance was great and several of us were pleasantly surprised that it was choreographed by NappyTabs, after that boring duet they gave Evan and Randi. Well worth seeking out the clip.

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robin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:48:41 -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 :)

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Jennifer — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:10:02 -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/...

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.