American Ballet Theatre’s Veronika Part on the Letterman Show July 10, 2009
Happy Friday, everyone! This is a cute interview with David Letterman and the lovely ABT principal Veronika Part. It was a huge score for introducing ballet into mainstream America, and it had me watching the Letterman show for the first time in years. She’s a gorgeous and super tall girl, and she must make quite a striking presence onstage. I liked the respect that Letterman had towards Part and her talent in a world that he knows very little of. He made me laugh when he mentioned that this is the first time a ballet dancer has ever been on his show, other than Richard Simmons. 
(That was a joke he made in his monologue.) For more photos and discussion, check out Swan Lake Samba Girl’s take.
This is a bizarre edit of the interview – it only goes so far & then starts over again & repeats the same clip. Really frustrating.
oh whoops, sorry! I’ll fix it when I get a chance – thanks for pointing it ou, Maura!
Hi Jolene,
You posted an unfinished clip that automatically repeated 3 times. Here is a link to a complete clip (I think)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWwlou0zsgY
Hope you are having a good Summer.
Thanks to everyone – I’ve been away from the computer and am currently on a computer that has no sound, but I think I got it right now.