Inside the Manège
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Podcast Overview
<p><b>Discover Classical Riding</b> with <b>Inside the Manège</b>, and dive into <b>insights from classical riders</b>, training concepts, and equestrian culture rooted in the <b>art of dressage</b> and <b>classical riding</b>. My name is Maria Cooke and I'm a Zurich‑based, Canadian classical dressage rider and equestrian writer, who began as a hunter/jumper and moved to Europe to learn and practice my passion, classical dressage.</p><p><br></p><p>Join me as we explore:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The <b>details of classical dressage</b>, from biomechanics to self-carriage and balance</li><li>Baroque influences such as from the <b>Portuguese and French classical equitation</b> traditions</li><li>Training philosophies from classical masters (like Nuno Oliveira, François Baucher, and Gustav Steinbrecht)</li><li>Interviews and training principles that explain <b>classical riding</b> for riding today</li></ul>
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Publishing Since
8/6/2025
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Recent Episodes
May 30, 2026
Hélène Arianoff: The Classical Riding Aids, Nuno Oliveira, & Modern Dressage Competition | Ep. 6
Hélène Arianoff, a Belgian classical rider with over 60 years experience and longtime student of Nuno Oliveira, shares how to use the classical riding aids, and how she thinks modern dressage could return to classical riding principles. Having taught all over the world, Hélène Arianoff is dedicated to passing on the principles she learned with Nuno Oliveira, and helping riders achieve the same moments of unity with the horse that she experienced through his training. Having learned with Nuno ...
April 5, 2026
Classical Dressage for the Horse’s Long-Term Health: Sonja Weber on Optimising Posture | Ep. 5
Sonja Weber, a classical rider and trainer with over 25 years of experience, shares how to keep the horse healthy long-term with classical dressage, through developing its carrying capacity. Passionate about sharing how training can be used to develop the horse’s body to support its health, she has written two books, and produced several films on how to use collection to build the horse’s thoracic sling muscles, and establish a healthy posture. Based in Germany, and originally from Aust...
February 17, 2026
Nuno Oliveira’s Art of Riding & Life: Pureza Oliveira on Her Father, His Books, and Her Story
Pureza Oliveira, daughter of the now legendary classical rider Nuno Oliveira, shares stories of her father as a rider, an artist, and how her own story and artistic journey developed, told through her experiences with her father. Having translated both the collected early and later writings of Nuno Oliveira for the first time into English, she continues to be an important representative of her father’s life and work, and can uniquely share what it was really like to grow up with him, and obse...
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- What is Inside the Manège?
<p><b>Discover Classical Riding</b> with <b>Inside the Manège</b>, and dive into <b>insights from classical riders</b>, training concepts, and equestrian culture rooted in the <b>art of dressage</b> and <b>classical riding</b>. My name is Maria Cooke and I'm a Zurich‑based, Canadian classical dressage rider and equestrian writer, who began as a hunter/jumper and moved to Europe to learn and practice my passion, classical dressage.</p><p><br></p><p>Join me as we explore:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The <b>details of classical dressage</b>, from biomechanics to self-carriage and balance</li><li>Baroque influences such as from the <b>Portuguese and French classical equitation</b> traditions</li><li>Training philosophies from classical masters (like Nuno Oliveira, François Baucher, and Gustav Steinbrecht)</li><li>Interviews and training principles that explain <b>classical riding</b> for riding today</li></ul> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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