Translation: There is a direct correlation between age and one's predilection for deeper cambres. This relation may be stated mathematically as:
D=4.7pi*a, where a = the dancer's age & D=depth of cambre preferred.
Whether this relation arises out of necessity or free will remains an elusive yet hotly debated question among a tiny circle of Tolstoyan zealots living in a commune on the outskirts of Siberia.
What is certain is that extreme flexibility like deep cambres (a backbend) is enforced and expressly commanded in young dancers, while in older, more mature dancers, it is assumed that the depth will arise naturally as a mode of expressivity.
