Reframing Tradition: continued classical ballet practice for people over 50 in the UniversIdade Program at UNICAMP

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https://doi.org/10.22456/2236-3254.150499

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This research investigates the continued practice of classical ballet instruction for a group of people over 50 years old, adopting a participatory methodological approach. The study was carried out in partnership with the UniversIdade Program of the University of Campinas, which promotes extension activities for this audience. The classes analyzed were structured based on the work of Zélia Monteiro, an artist who proposes the continuity of classical ballet tradition while challenging the dominant discourse in dance by valuing the students’ individualities. Participants’ accounts reveal that ballet practice contributed significantly to well-being, self-esteem, self-awareness, and sociability, becoming part of the construction of an old age that celebrates accumulated experience and life.

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Eduarda Faccio Barone, Universidade Estadual de Campinas – UNICAMP, São Paulo/SP, Brasil

Graduanda do Curso de Dança, bacharelado e licenciatura, na UNICAMP. Bolsista PIBIC-CNPQ (2023) e FAPESP (2024-atual) de iniciação científica. Selecionada pelo edital de intercâmbio da UNICAMP para estudar na London Contemporary Dance School (Inglaterra) durante o sexto semestre de graduação (2024). Foi instrutora do programa de extensão UniversIdade (2023-2025).

Juliana Moraes, Universidade Estadual de Campinas – UNICAMP, São Paulo/SP, Brasil

Professora do Departamento de Artes Corporais da UNICAMP. Doutora em Artes e Bacharel em Dança pela mesma instituição. Possui especialização e mestrado (com distinção) pelo Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Movement and Dance, Londres, revalidado pela ECA-USP. Responsável pelo Núcleo de Práticas Experimentais em Coreografia (NPEC), da UNICAMP. 

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2025-12-19

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Faccio Barone, E., & Moraes, J. (2025). Reframing Tradition: continued classical ballet practice for people over 50 in the UniversIdade Program at UNICAMP. Revista Cena, 44(1). https://doi.org/10.22456/2236-3254.150499

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Vol. 44 No. 1 (2026): Revista Cena: Dossiê O Lugar do Envelhecimento nas Artes Cênicas – Parte I

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