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Sandra Lee Wollin <SLWOLLIN@worldnet.att.net> mentions:

>Horses actually can dance.  Just watch the Lippizzan Stallions perform 
>their Airs in their glorious baroque home in Vienna, and it is as 
>beautiful as any ballet.  Also, drassage is now being choreographed to 
>music, as of the last Olympics.  It was extrordinary!

It's "dressage", and when done to music it is called a Dressage Kur.
Choregraphing a Kur is like choregraphing a Skating routine, you have
to include the required elements of the level you are competing at,
and pick music that fits your (and your horse's) style and appearance,
and put the moves together with the intermediate pieces (steps between
the big important moves) all with the music.

Kur is what *will* bring Dressage into your front room.  Watching a
standard dressage show is like watching the compulsory part of a
skating contest (or the compulsory part of ice dancing where every
couple is doing the same routine to the same song), for the
uninitiated it is as exciting as watching paint dry.  Kur performances
are each unique, different, the personality of the rider (and
horsinality of the horse, horses don't have personalities... duh!)
allows each ride to have variation and excitement.

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