`Cavalia' joins human ballet to equine art

By Karen D'Souza
San Jose Mercury News

``Cavalia'' galloped into San Francisco Friday night and whipped the equestrian set into a frenzy. <a href=http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/8015600.htm target=_blank>more</a>

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Cavalia at Suffolk Downs....

Don’t let anyone tell you horses can’t dance. The classic art of dressage teaches them the dancerly skills of stepwork, jumping, and precision drill — and something else, the knack of performing. Or as George Balanchine put it, “Dancing is the ability to look well while you are in space.” But the Canadian spectacle Cavalia, holding forth through September 25 in a big white tent at Suffolk Downs, is much more than a fancy horse show.