Introduction
Artistic Dressage is dancing on horseback.
It is a short but intense program that may include movements from classical dressage or movements drawn from every riding tradition. These elements can be linked together, or combined at any gait, so as to be performed in synchronization with the music.
This discipline calls for great technical skill, but also for an artistic sense expressed through the music and the choreography.
The artistic expression of the rider and horse together must allow an audience with no special knowledge to appreciate the look of a program as a real dance.
It is the use of music to create equestrian choreography, taking dressage in a clearly artistic direction.
