DR. CHRISTIAN KRISTEN VON STETTEN:
Is our guest Master teacher here at A.R.T, he visits twice yearly from Vienna for a week long workshop in Classical Dressage principles and applications.
He has
Rode with / Studied with:
CAPT. ANDRE DE POPIEL -
(Polish cavalry officer; Student at the
Spanish Riding School, Vienna; Initiator of Three Day Eventing in
Canada)
CDT. ARNAUD DE PADIRAC - (Ecuyer at the Cadre Noir, Saumur; French
Olympic Dressage Team Selection; Founder/Director Académie
équestre de Touraine)
M. JEAN-YVES BONNET - (Maître de manège, Cadre Noir, Saumur; Founder/
Director Ecole d'équitation de Salmiech)
DR. GUILHERME BORBA -(Founder/Director Escola portuguesa de arte equestre,
Lisbon)
SR. LUIS VALENÇA-RODRIGUES - (Head Rider/Co-founder Escola
portuguesa de arte equestre, Lisbon; Director/Co-founder Centre
hípico Lezíria Grande, VF de Xira)
HR. ARTHUR KOTTAS-HELDENBERG -(Former First Principal Rider, Spanish Riding School,
Vienna)
Below are some photographs from past workshops.
photos Copyright Melissa Fischbach

CKVS Riding "Black Orphues" Friesian Stallion in the beginnings of the Piaffe

"Siglavy Kana" Lippizan gelding Halt

"Teaching from horseback ("Siglavy Kana")
STUDENT PICTURES
These photographs are from Clinics spanning from 1998-2006 Newest to oldest

"Pause for the horse, work for the rider: questions and answers"

"Helping from the ground: Quieting the seat"

"picking up and adjusting reins"

"Using the outside rein"
"Helping up-close from the ground: Flexions of the jaw under the rider"

"Demonstration and humorous theatricality: How not to "give in the reins"

"Helping from afar from the ground: Riding a line, with focus"

"discussion"

"Explanation: Fork of the seat, lumbar region, sternum...position and attitude"

"discussion..riding a young horse"

"rhythm...feeling footfalls"

"waiting quietly for a stallion to focus"

"Explanation: use of seat"

"sternum...position and attitude"