Escola Portuguesa d Arte Equestre (original) (raw)

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I. Work on the Hand
It is used for the training of exercises perfomed above the ground.
The preparatory movement is the PIAFFER, trotting on the spot.
CAPRIOLE. The horse leaps high into the air, striking out horizontally with his hoofs, and gliding momentarly in the air.
LEVADE. The horse rears, its quarters deeply bent stand for a moment in the classic posture of many equestrian statues.
CORVETA. The horse jumps out the LEVADE position, on its hind quarters.
PIAFFER AT THE PILLARS. The old riding masters used it to reinforce the concentration of their horses.

II. Long-Reins Work
Through training, the horse becomes docile and acquires a slow enough cadence to be guided on foot, performing all the movements of Haute-École as if it was riden.

III. Solo
Exhibition of a horse riden in the three movements.

IV. Exercises Perfomed above the Ground
The same movements we have seen on the hand are now perfomed with the horses riden by their riders.
These movements were the high point of barroque horsemanship.

V. Pas-de-Trois
Demonstration by three riders of several movements and figures of the riding-hall.

VI. Quadrille
A group of ten riders present the school's quadrille rather like an equestrian ballet.

DIRECTOR
Dr. Guilherme Borba

MESTRES PICADORES
Dr. Filipe Figueiredo (Graciosa)
Luis Valença Rodrigues
João Pedro Rodrigues
António Borba Monteiro

PICADORES
Francisco B.de Carvalho
João Carvalho Quintas
Miguel A. Soares
José de A.Carneiro
Rodrigo da C.Matos

PICADORES AJUDANTES
Júlio da Câmara Borba
Nuno Duarte Cavaco

ASPIRANTES
Joaquim José Salvador
Pedro Miguel Torres
Frederico A.Cardoso