2019-09-042019-09-042018-12-21SOARES, Cleiciane dos Santos. Ballet clássico: benefícios e desafios para praticantes adultos. 2018. Trabalho de Curso (Licenciatura em Educação Física) -- Campus Universitário de Castanhal, Universidade Federal do Pará, Castanhal, 2018. Disponível em: http://bdm.ufpa.br/jspui/handle/prefix/2003. Acesso em:.http://bdm.ufpa.br/jspui/handle/prefix/2003Introduction: Dance is in the History and in the life of Man since the call Prehistory. Body gestures are already part of your daily life either as a ritualistic expression or as a habit and choice of life for many centuries, and ballet emerges as one of several types of dance in the world. Objective: To analyze the challenges and benefits faced by adult ballet practitioners. Methodology: Literature Review in order to present the results of this research from the collected data. In which they were selected from the internet on the digital platforms Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo) and Google Scholar ten articles base. Rationale: The choice of theme is related to appreciation for dance, especially for ballet and for this to be part of my daily life, and for being part of this adult audience and still practice ballet as a daily life and habit choice. And from then on, this study can contribute with the bibliography that until then is incipient on the subject and enable to the adult women and men the contact with the dance and to have the clarity that it is not thing of child or young people. Results: the authors presented here do not define the origin of the dance, but present it as closely linked to the daily life of the people, whether it be the cult of nature or codified in cave paintings. Conclusion: It is concluded that ballet techniques and lack of family support are one of the main challenges for adult practitioners. And the benefits are maturity in dealing with the dance and well-being of the body.Acesso AbertoBaléDançaCNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDETrabalho de Curso - Graduação - Monografia