Less often, applied to certain airs above the ground.

Additionally, it is needed to develop the levade and from that, the airs above the ground.

It requires an enormously powerful horse to perform correctly, and is considered the most difficult of all the airs above the ground.

In classical dressage, includes the airs above the ground as the final step in training.

The levade is also a transition movement between work on the ground and the airs above the ground.

Lipizzan, an Austrian breed of horses renowned for their "airs above the ground"

The "airs above the ground"

Neapolitan stallions perform the "Airs above the Ground" between pillars.

The Selle Français are used to display the 'airs above the ground.'

The stallions are then assessed to determine if they are suitable for the demanding "airs above the ground," the final step in their training.

Highly colored, they are elegant, with an elevated gait, and capable of performing the difficult "Airs above the Ground."

Airs above the Ground for flute, clarinet, violin and 4 cellos, Op.

The "Airs Above the Ground" follows; all horses are under saddle, but the riders do not have stirrups.

The "school jumps," or "airs above the ground" are a series of higher-level dressage maneuvers where the horse leaves the ground.

The "airs above the ground" or exercises above the ground are the difficult "high school" dressage movements made famous by the Lipizzans.

At this time, piaffe, passage, and all other haute ecole movements were not allowed (including the airs above the ground and the Spanish Walk).

The "high school" or 'haute ecole' school jumps, popularly known as the "airs above the ground," include the courbette, capriole, levade, and ballotade.

One segment, "Airs Above the Ground," highlights leaps and maneuvers once used by riders to defend themselves on the battlefield, but now preserved as examples of equestrian art.

The horses were trained to perform a number of airs above the ground (or "sauts d'école") movements, which could enable their riders to escape if surrounded, or to fight more easily.

However, the airs above the ground were unlikely to have been used in actual combat, as most would have exposed the unprotected underbelly of the horse to the weapons of foot soldiers.

In non-competitive performances of classical dressage that involve the "Airs above the ground" (described below), the "Baroque" breeds of horses, most notably the Lipizzaner, are seen most often.

There is little more that a young girl (or indeed an octogenarian monarch) could wish for than a team of perfectly groomed Lipicas performing a form of dressage called "airs above the ground".

Impulsion allows any horse gait to be more elastic and light, and also provides the animal with the power needed to perform complex movements, including the piaffe and the airs above the ground.

Lipizzans and the Spanish Riding School also play a crucial role in Mary Stewart's 1965 novel Airs Above the Ground and Marguerite Henry's 1964 children's novel White Stallion of Lipizza.

When used in sports requiring finesse, such as dressage, the spur's purpose is not to speed up a horse, but to give accurate and precise aids in lateral and complex movements, such as pirouettes, travers and renvers, and the airs above the ground.