Escola Portugesa de Arte Equestre - 'Bolero dance of the horses'

"Bolero dance of the horses"
Excerpts from the Gala of the
Escola Portugesa de Arte Equestre
on the occasion of the 40th anniversary
at the riding arena of the stud farm Alter

The performance took place on 26 April 2019 at the Alter do Chao State Stud.

In 1979, the Ministry of Agriculture founded EPAE – the Portuguese School of Equestrian Art, set up by Guilherme Borba and João Costa Ferreira with the simultaneous objective of both teaching and raising the profile and the practices of the traditional Portuguese Equestrian Art. The School remained temporarily housed at the Portuguese Equestrian Society in Campo Grande, Lisbon, and has made sporadic performances in Queluz ever since 1984. In 1996, stables were built in the Gardens of the National Palace of Queluz to which the School relocated and has remained ever since whilst having also inaugurated the renovated Henrique Calado Riding Ring, where the school’s public performances take place, in July 2015. EPAE represents the sequence to what was formerly the Royal Riding School, the equestrian academy of the Portuguese court that was closed down in the 19th century and housed in the Royal Stables of Belém, currently the National Coach Museum. The continuity of equestrian bull-fighting practices surviving through to contemporary times ensured that the same type of horse has been in usage since the 18th century and in conjunction with the same horsemanship, the same riding harnesses and the same uniforms. The Portuguese School of Equestrian Art has also restored Baroque riding exercises such as the “ares altos” or “airs above the ground”. The horses ridden in the School are bred by the Alter stud farm with Portuguese School of Equestrian Art undertaking regular public performances and as well as exhibitions both elsewhere in Portugal and internationally and constituting a key means of promoting both the Lusitanian horse and Portuguese culture.

[magdalenadawidowicz]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤La beauté, la perfection, l'art !

[FrithGarcia]

Surely not a collected canter at that pace. In tears. I'm very much over the moon that a FOURTH Haute Ecole exists!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[jean-francoisdicharry]

Magnifique de légèreté et de brillant dans un rassembler parfait; messieurs les corbeaux du cadre noir, prenez-en de la graine, car ce sont nos amis les écuyers potugais qui mettent à l'honneur la grande tradition de l'école française d'art équestre de La Guérinière  jusqu'à Baucher

[abelb]

Quel merveilleuse idée d'avoir réalisé ce film dans le cadre somptueux du haras d'Alter! J'adore cette région.

[luisacostalima]

Espetáculo de Alta escola equestre com muita classe

[raquelcalvete]

Classe, maestria, honra, beleza! Orgulho imenso!

[a.g.]

Absolutely gorgeous collection, stallions and riders are superb!

[gbs]

Muito muito lindo! Ca c'est la classe! Just beautiful!

[SelectDF]

filmado em câmera lenta - slow motion?

[ПавелСадыков-мс]

Это прекрасно человек и лошадь симбиоз

[TD]

Are they in slow motion, or are they so smooth that seems like the case??

[anafilipa]

o filho. do nosso Presidente dos nossos serviços isto á muitos anos , um ano ainda vieram a Beja á ovibeja foi lindo nunca mais soube nada dele,

[tabackeri]

I hope there is a version that is not in slow motion.

[salirenses]

Isto é montar um cavalo! Pena é que o pouco de bom que temos não seja mais apoiado ao invés de se gastar dinheiro com porcarias.

[robertomartinezalazar]

Soberbio y dieciochesco. Españoles, portugueses, austriacos... Total, qué tradiciones insuperables (envidia del resto ;)