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Magi_S

Posts: 3
Joined: Feb. 9 2010

Flamenco Project

Hello everybody. My name is Magi, I'm from Israel, and as a final project I've been asked to write about Flamenco. One of the tasks of the project was a questionnaire. I'll be very happy if you answer this questions. It'll help me a lot!

Your age: _______

1. Are you familiar with the Flamenco music? (Yes / No)
2. Have you ever been in a Flamenco performance? (Yes / No)
3. What do you appreciate in Flamenco?
- The dance itself (Yes / No)
- The music (Yes / No)
- The singing (Yes / No)
- The costumes and accessories (Yes / No)
- The feeling, atmosphere and the significance of the dance (Yes / No)
4. What do you feel while watching Flamenco performances?
- Happiness (Yes / No)
- Sadness (Yes / No)
- Hope (Yes / No)
- Amazement (Yes / No)
- Something else? _________
5. Can you name some famous personalities connected with the Flamenco? (Yes / No)
- Yes? Name some: _____________________
6. Have you ever danced Flamenco? (Yes / No)
7. Would you like to learn Flamenco and become a dancer yourself? (Yes / No)
- Yes? Why? _______________________________________________

Thank you very much!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 9 2010 6:34:19

stratos13

Posts: 222
Joined: Apr. 11 2005
From: Αθήνα

RE: Flamenco Project (in reply to Magi_S)

You are at the wrong place for sure

Your answers by allmost everybody:

1.yes
2.yes
3.yes to all
4.yes to all (something else- everything else)
5.every single name out there (famous or not)
6.yes
7.the only question worth asking

Sorry but this is the truth

The reason for that is worth finding out (when telephones were only for the rich a survey by phone would give you the opinion of the rich, not of the people in general).
I think the forum community (arash) will agree with me on that.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 9 2010 7:48:54

Matic

Posts: 603
Joined: Jul. 3 2006
From: Slovenija

RE: Flamenco Project (in reply to Magi_S)

Hey

Age: 20

1. Yes
2. Yes
3.
-yes
-yes
-yes
-no
-yes
4.
-yes
-yes
-yes
-yes
5. Yes. Paco de Lucia, Camaron de la Isla, Gypsy Kings
6. Yes
7. No

You are welcome and good luck.

_____________________________

vengo de los san migueles
si no me caso este año que yo
me caso el año que viene

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 9 2010 7:53:06

Magi_S

Posts: 3
Joined: Feb. 9 2010

RE: Flamenco Project (in reply to Magi_S)

stratos13, ok, thank you. I'll take that into consideration.
Matic, thank you very much! :)

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 9 2010 8:25:56

stratos13

Posts: 222
Joined: Apr. 11 2005
From: Αθήνα

RE: Flamenco Project (in reply to Magi_S)

Sorry if i was a little hard on you.

The fact is your questionaire is quite good, in that it has few questions, it is closed type and so on.
But you should choose a better sample of people to ask.
imo it is much better to make about 100 photocopies and give it randomly to people passing by a random spot in your city.
That should give you a nice sample of people.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 9 2010 8:38:23

Stu

Posts: 2536
Joined: Jan. 30 2007
From: London (the South of it), England

RE: Flamenco Project (in reply to stratos13)

quote:

imo it is much better to make about 100 photocopies and give it randomly to people passing by a random spot in your city.

Agreed

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 9 2010 9:49:09

HolyEvil

Posts: 1240
Joined: Nov. 6 2008
From: Sydney, Australia

RE: Flamenco Project (in reply to Magi_S)

Age: 32

1 - Yes
2-No
3- Dance - Yes
Music - Yes
Singing - No
Costumes - Yes
Feeling of dance - Yes
4- amazement and happiness___
5. only guitarists - Pepe Habichuela, Tomatito, Jason Mcguire, Richard Marlow, Paco De Lucia, Pepe Cepero,
6. No
7. No, because I don't like guys dancing flamenco

cheers

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 9 2010 13:31:23

Magi_S

Posts: 3
Joined: Feb. 9 2010

RE: Flamenco Project (in reply to Magi_S)

stratos13, it's ok, and I understand. Thank you anyway.
HolyEvil, thank you very much!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 10 2010 6:18:36

Kate

Posts: 1827
Joined: Jul. 8 2003
From: Living in Granada, Andalucía

RE: Flamenco Project (in reply to Magi_S)

Hey Magi, good luck with your project but think you have come to a place where everyone loves flamenco, otherwise they would not be here just as Stratos said. The forum is also mostly made up of guitarists, though there are a few of us who dont play guitar and we do have a few female dancers, so your final question wont be relevant to most people here. Learning flamenco to most here means playing guitar not dancing.

age - urgh 48

1 yes of course
2 yes reluctantly dragged on stage
3 everything, though not bothered about costumes, that depends on the performance. I love dance rehearsals when everyone is wearing jeans ! I cant imagine flamenco without the singing !! Your question makes me think you see flamenco mainly as a dance form.
4, would depend on a lot of things, the palo, the place, the performers but generally all those things and more.
5 Yes could fill pages with performers and personalities connected to flamenco.
6 yes
7 no I could never become a professional flamenco dancer but love learning to dance to join in at parties/weddings etc.

Hope that helps

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 10 2010 6:39:41

Adam

Posts: 1156
Joined: Dec. 6 2006
From: Hamilton, ON

RE: Flamenco Project (in reply to Magi_S)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Magi_S

Hello everybody. My name is Magi, I'm from Israel, and as a final project I've been asked to write about Flamenco. One of the tasks of the project was a questionnaire. I'll be very happy if you answer this questions. It'll help me a lot!

Your age: _20_

1. Are you familiar with the Flamenco music? (Yes / No) No, what the hell is a "flamenco".....?
2. Have you ever been in a Flamenco performance? (Yes / No) As in, part of it? Don't think so
3. What do you appreciate in Flamenco? In what now?
- The dance itself (Yes / No)
- The music (Yes / No)
- The singing (Yes / No)
- The costumes and accessories (Yes / No)
- The feeling, atmosphere and the significance of the dance (Yes / No)
4. What do you feel while watching Flamenco performances? I'm always sad...so...so sad....
- Happiness (Yes / No)
- Sadness (Yes / No)
- Hope (Yes / No)
- Amazement (Yes / No)
- Something else? _________
5. Can you name some famous personalities connected with the Flamenco? (Yes / No) No, but if you hear of any please let me know
- Yes? Name some: _____________________
6. Have you ever danced Flamenco? (Yes / No) Yes but not well
7. Would you like to learn Flamenco and become a dancer yourself? (Yes / No) Some day, I shall be the greatest fakemenco dancer since that chick I saw on PBS in BENISE NIGHTS OF FIRE!
- Yes? Why? _______________________________________________

Thank you very much!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 10 2010 7:26:44

Adam

Posts: 1156
Joined: Dec. 6 2006
From: Hamilton, ON

RE: Flamenco Project (in reply to Magi_S)

Shalom magi - just a thought I had from reading your questions. You seem to have a misconception about flamenco that's very common (especially outside of Spain), that flamenco is mostly a dance. It's in statements like "the dance itself" or the last question, suggesting that learning flamenco means learning dance. The dance actually isn't the most important thing about flamenco; the most important thing is the singing. The dance is flashy and gets the most attention outside of Andalucía, but the singing is far more important. Today the guitar has also become a very important solo instrument itself. Just don't want you to turn in a final project saying flamenco is mainly a dance or something :)

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 10 2010 7:34:42

kozz

Posts: 1766
Joined: Feb. 26 2009
From: Eindhoven NL

RE: Flamenco Project (in reply to Adam)

Your age: _36_

1. Are you familiar with the Flamenco music? (Yes)
2. Have you ever been in a Flamenco performance? (No)
3. What do you appreciate in Flamenco? In what now?
- The dance itself (Yes)
- The music (Yes)
- The singing (Yes)
- The costumes and accessories (Yes, only the ladies costumes)
- The feeling, atmosphere and the significance of the dance (Yes)
4. What do you feel while watching Flamenco performances?
- Happiness (Yes)
- Sadness (Yes)
- Hope (Yes)
- Amazement (Yes)
- Something else? Drowniness / Dark
5. Can you name some famous personalities connected with the Flamenco? (Yes)
6. Have you ever danced Flamenco? (No)
7. Would you like to learn Flamenco and become a dancer yourself? (No)

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 10 2010 7:37:21

Doitsujin

Posts: 5078
Joined: Apr. 10 2005

RE: Flamenco Project (in reply to Magi_S)

Thats a joke. Hes laughing his ass off for sure. You know how to occupy 10 black (afro american or with african origins.. colored.. whatever calling is politically correct..select it. Im no racist) people for several hours? Throw a basketball to them. And that counts for this kind of questions in a flamenco forum. 8.)) . What would one have a use for this information? No use except an analysis for a very weak bachelor exam in music-something related.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 10 2010 12:02:11