And beyond...

Since 2004, I have been participating in the open-air summer plays of the cabaret Kurz- und Kleinkunstbühne Jena in the Kapellendorf castle – either with my own horse or with stage horse Monty.

• Previous productions
• • Cabaret de Malheur (2009): clown; choir and ballet
• • Der Herr der Dinge – Ein Sommer-Klima-Spektakel (2007/2008): scientific advisor; shaman on horseback
• • Napoleon – Ein Schlachtfest (2006): French cavalry officer; nurse
• • Siegfried (2004/2005): squire

Further information:

Cabaret Kurz- und Kleinkunstbühne Jena

Kapellendorf

Kapellendorf castle

Since 1998, I have been interpreting and translating clinics, lectures, books, DVDs and articles of French riding master Philippe Karl. I am also editing his trilingual website.

Philippe Karl was a member of the renowned Cadre Noir, the French elite riding school in Saumur, for 13 years. His riding philosophy of Légèreté (French for lightness) stands in stark opposition to the rough dressage methods that prevail nowadays almost everywhere in the riding scene.
The School of Légèreté is founded on the absolute respect of the horse. The philosophy of Légèreté therefore excludes any use of force or coercive artificial aids. Thanks to its understandable and reliable training plan that fully respects the nature of the horse, it allows any seriously motivated rider access to High School equitation, even with a perfectly ordinary horse.

Further information:

School of Légèreté