Pas de deux (dressage riding)

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A pas de deux ( French "steps / dance for two") is a performance with two horses in equestrian sports. Routines known from dressage riding are performed by two horses with riders with accompanying music.

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The ridden program is a freestyle exercise and differs in this from a quadrille with fixed figures.

A pas de deux can be performed at any level, but at most at the level of the weaker horse. The demonstration typically takes place as part of a public event and can also be held as a competition. In competitions, attention is paid to the technical execution of the elements known from dressage tests as well as to the artistic impression. The synchronization of the movements of the two horses such as parallel and mirror-image figures and the comparison of the distance and the lines of the horses play an important role . The choreography should harmonize with the accompanying music.

The music can be chosen freely, but it should only belong to one genre and not to several. The clothing should either harmonize with the music and horses or match the event.

The test is held on a large dressage arena measuring 20 × 60 meters. International competitions are subject to the rules of the Fédération Equestre Internationale .

Mirror image and parallel elements

  • mirror image element

  • mirror image element

  • parallel element

  • parallel element

literature

  • Jennifer O. Bryant: The USDF Guide to Dressage - The Official Guide of the United States Dressage. Foreword by George Williams. Storey Publishing, North Adams, MA 2006, ISBN 1-58017-529-5 , p. 292 ( preview in Google Book Search).

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