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haute é·cole
From the French meaning: haute, high, advanced + école, school.
The art, techniques, or practice of expert equestrianship.
Classical dressage evolved from cavalry movements.
The horses were trained for a number of airs or schools above the ground movements that enabled their riders to escape if surrounded, or to fight more easily. These included movements such as levade, capriole, courbette, ballotade and other movements still seen today in dressage such as piaffe, passage, and half-pass. |
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