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Culture of Dunedin


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Visual arts

Dunedin has a substantial public art gallery, the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, in the Octagon. The city contains numerous other galleries, including over a dozen dealer galleries (many of which are found south of the Octagon along Princes Street, Moray Place and Rattray Street. There are also several more experimental art spaces, notably the Blue Oyster Gallery in Moray Place.

Many notable artists have strong links with Dunedin, among them Ralph Hotere, Frances Hodgkins, Grahame Sydney, and Jeffrey Harris.

Theatre

Dunedin hosts the world's southernmost professional theatre company: The Fortune Theatre, as well as having a large theatre venue, the Regent Theatre in the Octagon. Smaller theatres in Dunedin include the Globe Theatre, the Mayfair Theatre, and the Playhouse Theatre.

Dance

Dunedin is a regular venue for touring ballet and dance companies, and also has multiple dance studios.

Music

Choirs

Dunedin is home to many choirs. These include the following:

*    The 140-member City of Dunedin Choir is Dunedin's leading performer of large-scale choral works.

*    The Southern Consort of Voices is a smaller choir regularly performing Choral Works.

*    The Royal Dunedin Male Choir, conducted by Richard Madden, performs two concerts a year, and the Dunedin RSA Choir also regularly performs concerts.

*   The all-female Dunedin Harmony Singers are an important part of the Dunedin culture.

*    The Southern Children's Choir, based in Marama Hall in the university, is Dunedin's main children's choir. Most schools in Dunedin have choirs, many having more than one. Notable school choirs include the Sacred Heart School Choir, the Balmacewen Intermediate School Special Choir, the Barock Choir of Otago Boys' High School and Otago Girls' High School, and also the St
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