Balé clássico na fase adulta: experiências de vida na dança

Abstract

Currently, the number of adults who decide/wish to continue or start practicing classical ballet in adulthood has increased. Sometimes, it is a life choice and the realization of a dream, but it ends up contributing and bringing benefits and challenges. As the body ages, it begins to have physical limitations. However, in some cases, bodywork such as stretching and physical exercise can stimulate or resolve certain characteristics that we may present with advancing age. In contrast, we still find the reality that many schools, studios or dance academies do not have a specific focus on adults who are interested in taking classes either for pleasure or health or to become a professional in the area. The general objective of this research was to analyze the life experiences in dance of adult practitioners of classical ballet in the city of Manaus. And so that we could reach the discussions and dialogues present in this work, we sought to investigate adults who started practicing ballet in adulthood; learn about the experiences and trajectories of adults practicing classical ballet and discuss the possible benefits and challenges of practicing ballet in adulthood. This is an applied, descriptive and exploratory research, with a qualitative approach carried out through field research using semi-structured interviews. Although discussions about adult ballet are relatively recent in the history of dance research, it is possible to connect the experiences reported in interviews with available literature, making dialogues about these experiences even more powerful and consistent from an artistic point of view and scientific.