BRDS Opinions On Performance Space in Baltimore

In the section for performers, respondents were presented with a 4-part degree-of-agreement matrix. For each of these statements, they were asked to rank their agreement from “Strongly Agree” to “Strongly Disagree” (in 7 increments). The six statements:

Performance spaces are readily available in Baltimore
Performance spaces are affordable in Baltimore
Performance spaces are suitable (features) in Baltimore
There is a need for performance spaces in Baltimore

54 respondents made it to this question. Here’s the breakdown for each question (average marked by the big red bar):

While the overall results are neutral (Average = 3.81 where 4.00 = “Neither Agree nor Disagree”. σ = 2.10), there is an immediate takeaway – out of 54 respondents (still a small sample), none of them Strongly Agree with the sentiment that performance space is readily available in Baltimore.

Here again, the overall results are generally neutral (Average = 3.33 where 4.00 = “Neither Agree nor Disagree”. σ = 1.84), there is an immediate takeaway – out of 54 respondents (still a small sample), none of them Strongly Agree with the sentiment that performance space is readily available in Baltimore.

Here again, the overall results are generally neutral (Average = 3.78 where 4.00 = “Neither Agree nor Disagree”. σ = 2.03), there is an immediate takeaway – out of 54 respondents (still a small sample), none of them Strongly Agree with the sentiment that performance space is readily available in Baltimore.

This question breaks the trend (completely!) – so much so, I had to re-scale the results here for all the charts to make the 27 (fully half of all respondents) result for “Strongly Agree” fit. The consensus among respondents is very much “Agree” (Average = 6.02 where 4.00 = “Neither Agree nor Disagree”. σ = 2.84)

Always keeping the sample bias for this round of questions in mind (these are older, more experienced dancers) – there is a very strong message about performance space. The dancers that [should] know think there is a need for performance space. Conveniently, we’ll explore that next.