For many adults, ballet class has been a long time coming. Some took ballet as children and are finally back at it. Others had never stepped foot in a studio but always wanted to. Some just want a new challenge. Their bodies may not bend as in youth, but it hardly matters.
Rewards go far beyond the sweat and the stretch.
As an adult, you dance for yourself. Plenty of adults are doing just that. According to IDEA, a fitness trade group, the percentage of clubs offering ballet and ballroom dance to members has been on the rise, going from 19 percent in 1996 to 35 percent in 1999. It's one of the best forms of exercise, and additionally, if you go to a gym, to me it's kind of boring to just sit on an exercise bike and pound away. You're doing it not just to work up a sweat and build muscles and burn calories.