Introduction: Since its origin Rhytmic Gymnastics (RG) has had a strong link with art. In the last decades it has not stood out neither through the code of points nor through the University, leading to the artistic impoverishment of both series and modality. The new punctuation code (FIG, 2013) changed this situation, generating new reflection and adoption of proposals. Thereby, the objective of the research is to bring into the academic field some reflections and propositions about physical preparation in artistic gymnastics. Method: Bibliographical and documentary research, with a qualitative approach in the analysis of data. The search was done in: RG books published in Brazil, some international books, RG´s code of points, Proceedings of SIGARC and data bases (Scielo and Capes); using key-words: physical preparation, artistic preparation, rhythmic gymnastics. Results: The major part of the literature highlights the relationship of RG to art, since its origin till the present time (VIDAL, 1997; TOLEDO, 2010). Some works mention the importance of increasing the value of the artistic element, both in the beginning and in the training (BOBO and SIERRA, 1998). Some authors mention that as the former codes did not give value to this artistic element, the result was its scarce presence in the series, making them repetitive, not harmonic and not very meaningful. Among the proposals for developing the artistic element we saw a prevalence of ballet and, in some cases, the folklore and the modern dance (LISITSKAYA, 1995; VELARDI, M. E MIRANDA, M.L.J., 2010). Discussion: The classical ballet maintains its importance to the RG technical and artistic development, but new proposals are needed for the artistic preparation and should arise from: other gymnastics practices, Dance, Scholarly and Popular Culture and Performing Arts. It also needs a greater investment in this preparation (time and variety of strategies), from initiation to training.
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