Opinions of conservatoire part-time lower secondary school final year ballet student's parents regarding ballet training and their children who want to build a ballet career

The purpose of this study was to understand and interpretive the opinions of the parents of lower school 8th grade ballet students studying at Akdeniz University Antalya State Conservatory on a part-time basis about the ballet education that their children have received, and to reveal what their views would be when they wanted to choose as a profession. One of the qualitative research methods, case study designs of the holistic single case design method was used in the study. The sample of the research consisted of 6 parents of students who studied part-time as 8th grade at Akdeniz University Antalya State Conservatory Ballet Main Art Branch in Antalya province. In this study, the data were analyzed using individual interview forms and document analysis. The interviews were recorded and subjected to content analysis, the results were presented in a descriptive manner, and the results obtained within the framework of the emerging themes and patterns were classified in line with the research objectives, and the data were tried to be analyzed. The research results contained findings that reflected the opinions of the parents of the students. These findings shed light on the expectations of the parents of part-time ballet students from the education they received, the problems they experienced due to the education and how these problems could be solved.