"Dressage: Understanding Musical Freestyle" Dressage DVD

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Dressage is a sport of beauty and precision. This video program will help you better understand and appreciate dressage. Watch top international masters in competition. And learn the beauty and precision of Grand Prix dressage from a trainer's perspective.

"Your tape is one of Equine Excellence
that is Educational and Entertaining.
My advice -- Buy it -- Enjoy it!"

-- Colonel Alfred Kitts, AHSA/FEI judge

The Techniques
This video program shows and demonstrates the many individual precision movements that make up this beautiful sport. You'll see the piaffe, pirouette, half-pass, flying changes of leg and other unique movements demonstrated by some of the nation's top horses and riders. Then you'll see how all these individual movements can be artistically combined with just the right music to produce beautiful performances. And you will see some of the most stunning Freestyle performances in their entirety.

The Competitors
In this program you'll see some of the very best American riders and horses at the Grand Prix level competing at the United States' most prestigious dressage competition. The setting for "Dressage: Understanding Musical Freestyle" is the U. S. League Finals for World Cup Dressage, held every October at the Washington International Horse Show. You'll get to watch some of this country's finest from the 1994 -1998 competitions:

Robert Dover on Devereaux & on Lennox
Guenter Seidel on Graf George & on Foltaire
Carol Lavell on Gifted
Kathleen Raine on Avontuur
Steffan Peters on Udon
Linda Alicki on Gino
Shelly Francis on Pikant
Charlotte Bredahl on Monsier
Kathy Von Ertfelda on Dutch
and others

Program Content
Introduction to the dressage movements and and the appropriate commentary is provided by Dr. Susan Moody, DVM, a dressage instructor and speaker. Her goal in this program is to educate viewers while entertaining them with some of the best riders and horses in competition. Her insights will be helpful to developing dressage riders, non-competitive riders who are interested in musical freestyle, and even non-riders. In outline form, here is a brief description of what this program covers:

INTRODUCTION TO DRESSAGE
INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAND PRIX MOVEMENTS

At the Trot

Collected, Medium, & Extended Trot
Passage
Piaffe
Half Pass

At the Walk

Collected and Extended Walk
Demi-Pirouette

At the Canter

Collected, Medium, & Extended Canter
Half Pass
Pirouette
Flying Changes of Leg (One & Two Tempis)

THE GRAND PRIX TEST
INTRODUCTION TO MUSICAL FREESTYLE

How to Plan Your Musical Freestyle

Choreography
Harmony & Rhythm
Degree of Difficulty
Musical Interpretation

Gait Analysis

Working with a Metronome
Your Horse's Tempo
Musical Style Choices

MUSICAL FREESTYLE COMPETITION (the entire performance is shown for each)

Anne Gribbons on Leonardo II
Charlotte Bredahl on Monsier
Steffan Peters on Udon
Kathleen Raine on Avontuur
Robert Dover on Devereaux

This program is 72 minutes in length.

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	The Competitors In this program you'll see some of the very best American riders and horses at the Grand Prix level competing at the United States' most prestigious dressage competition. The setting for "Dressage: Understanding Musical Freestyle" is the U. S. League Finals for World Cup Dressage, held every October at the Washington International Horse Show. You'll get to watch some of this country's finest from the 1994 -1998 competitions: Robert Dover on Devereaux & on Lennox Guenter Seidel on Graf George & on Foltaire Carol Lavell on Gifted Kathleen Raine on Avontuur Steffan Peters on Udon Linda Alicki on Gino Shelly Francis on Pikant Charlotte Bredahl on Monsier Kathy Von Ertfelda on Dutch and others

	Program Content Introduction to the dressage movements and and the appropriate commentary is provided by Dr. Susan Moody, DVM, a dressage instructor and speaker. Her goal in this program is to educate viewers while entertaining them with some of the best riders and horses in competition. Her insights will be helpful to developing dressage riders, non-competitive riders who are interested in musical freestyle, and even non-riders. In outline form, here is a brief description of what this program covers:

	INTRODUCTION TO DRESSAGE INTRODUCTION TO THE GRAND PRIX MOVEMENTS At the Trot Collected, Medium, & Extended Trot Passage Piaffe Half Pass At the Walk Collected and Extended Walk Demi-Pirouette At the Canter Collected, Medium, & Extended Canter Half Pass Pirouette Flying Changes of Leg (One & Two Tempis) THE GRAND PRIX TEST INTRODUCTION TO MUSICAL FREESTYLE How to Plan Your Musical Freestyle Choreography Harmony & Rhythm Degree of Difficulty Musical Interpretation Gait Analysis Working with a Metronome Your Horse's Tempo Musical Style Choices MUSICAL FREESTYLE COMPETITION (the entire performance is shown for each) Anne Gribbons on Leonardo II Charlotte Bredahl on Monsier Steffan Peters on Udon Kathleen Raine on Avontuur Robert Dover on Devereaux

This program is 72 minutes in length.

How to Order Your Copy


Order Online: (US Residents Only)




Order By Phone: (Recommended for international orders)
800-292-4783 or 717-556-0901

Order By Mail:
Action Video Productions 1500 E. Oregon Rd., Suite 100, Leola, PA 17540

Order By Fax:
717-556-0119