Based on the discussion about the position of the body within society, this work presents an exploratory study concerning the relationship between the education of the body and the experiences of a drama group formed by 15 mature adults, during the period from September to December, 2010. We investigated the influence of activities which highlight the body on different aspects of these individuals' life by using the ethnographic method for participative observation and the focus group qualitative technique. 13 women and 2 men, whose ages ranged between 60 and 85 years, were interviewed. Most of them had completed Higher Education (65%), having the others completed high school and elementary school. The recorded statements were analyzed through the construction of the collective subject discourse and we could conclude that the activities which put the body in evidence contribute to creativity, encourage cooperative work, allow for the expansion of social network and favour the learning process in its broader sense.
Body; education; learning process