Anky's Music (DVD)

Anky van Grunsven and Keltec Salinero once again proved their astounding ability to dazzle a crowd as they became the World Dressage Freestyle Champions at the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany, with a breathtaking result of 86.5 per cent. Lauded as the "Queen of the Kur," van Grunsven's streak of winning freestyles is no accident. In 1996 she debuted the first ever originally composed freestyle music for a horse, Bonfire's Symphony, and won individual Olympic silver. She has worked with the composers of this dressage masterpiece - Victor Kerkhof and Cees Slings - ever since. Kerkhof and Slings, experienced with both pop artists and large orchestras, have composed and produced music for television series, wildlife programs, and documentaries broadcast in over 52 countries. Now considered the leading kur music composers, they reveal their secrets to arranging a winning freestyle in this DVD. The DVD features the step-by-step making of the 2004 Olympic gold winning L'Esprit Chanson, spectacular.