For example, the ideal body should be 8 heads high and 2 heads wide.
Throughout history it has been extremely difficult for people to live up to the standards of society and what they believe the ideal body is.
I think this brings up the whole question of whether dance is going to deal only with the ideal young body.
But it's different from going to see ideal bodies.
If asked to guess what men consider the ideal female body, women will again pick a thin figure.
Studies have shown that the "ideal body" for males has slowly changed over the years, becoming more muscular.
In classes and rehearsals, we see youngsters with ideal bodies looking for direction from those who have gone before.
It was as though, being possessed of an ideal body, she had relinquished the option on her soul.
Vitruvius determined that the ideal body should be eight heads high.