IDOSOS E A DANÇA: UMA REVISÃO SISTEMÁTICA DA LITERATURA

The aim of this study is to analyze research conducted in Brazil related to dance and the elderly. This is a descriptive bibliographic search of the type of systematic integrative review. A total of 12 published articles were found that met the needs of the review. The research brought dance results as a tool of great benefits, providing the elderly with benefits in their health, as well as motor, psychological and social traits, expanding their physical capacities and thus providing them with a longer life expectancy. Regarding the research participants, 95% were elderly women practicing dance. We inflate that the studied area offers scenarios to be worked on where they also have tools and instruments that help their development. And it stands out that it is necessary to expand this field of study since in thirty years there is a low number of existing publications, mainly in the northern region of the country that presented only one article.