It is a short but intense program that can include classic dressage figures or figures from all equestrian disciplines. These elements can be chained together, or combined at any pace in order to be performed in synchronization with the music. This discipline requires great technical skill but also artistic sense through music and choreography. The artistic expression of the rider-horse couple must allow an uninitiated public to appreciate the visual aspect of a program like a real dance. It is the use of music to create equestrian choreography thus pushing dressage in an obvious artistic direction.