Performance: theatre, music and dance
My photographs of live music and dance performance speak not only to the sound and mood of the performance, but also to the human qualities inherent within them – the tensions and pressures; the moments of stillness and ecstasy; the exhilaration of an appreciative audience; the exultation and excitation; the trance.
I strive to find the little moments within a performance, compressing them into the viewfinder, so that the lasting images evoke a continuum of the energy, the rhythm and the sound. Many of my images embody a resting place within the performance that remains suspended, unresolved; snap-frozen within a chord, a guitar riff, a hip swirl, a gesture.
As a theatre photographer, I document actors changing from themselves into a character. I find this transformative process fascinating – moving from the ordinary to the extraordinary.
Performance
Passi Jo & Aimee Colás
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Aimee Colás & Passi Jo
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Kenny López
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Performance photography
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Passi Jo
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Passi Jo
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Performance photography
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Conrad Henderson
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Performance photography
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Performance photography
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Performance photography
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Jabula! African Choir 2010
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Jabula! African Choir 2010
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Jabula! African Choir 2010
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Jabula! African Choir 2010
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Performance photography
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Performance photography
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Abru, drummer, M'Bilia Bel Tour, The Palace, Melbourne, Australia 1994
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Rebecca Barnard, RRR Hard Boiled Ball, Melbourne, Australia 1995
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Felix Baloy, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia 2009
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Cyndi Boste, East Brunswick Club, Melbourne, Australia 2007
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Doc Cheatham, Sweet Basil, New York 1996
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Doc Cheatham's Band, Sweet Basil, New York 1996
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Aimee Colas, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia 2009
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Patrick Cronin (Sally Ford & the Pachuco Playboys), Sydney Road Street Party, Brunswick Music Festival, Australia 2007
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Stephen Cummings, RRR Hard Boiled Ball, Melbourne, Australia 1995
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Manu Dibango, SOBs, New York, 1996
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Fiesta Latina, Go Tribal, Spensers Live, Melbourne, Australia 2009
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Sally Ford, Sydney Road Street Party, Brunswick Music Festival, Australia 2007
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Ernie Gruner, Melbourne, Australia 2006
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Milt Jackson, Tompkins Square Park, New York 1996
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Simon Kent, The Lounge, Melbourne, Australia 1991
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Kenny Lopez & Havana Connection, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia 2009
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Mahotella Queens, Birrarung Marr, Melbourne, Australia 2007
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Mahotella Queens, Birrarung Marr, Melbourne, Australia 2007
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Passi Jo (Warako Musica) Port Fairy Folk Festival, Australia 2001
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Flora Purim, SOBs, New York 1996
Photo: Pam Kleemann
The Slits, Corner Hotel, Melbourne, Australia 2007
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Tchico Tchicaya (Warako Musica), Prince Patrick Hotel, Melbourne, Australia 2002
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Warako Musica, Port Fairy Folk Festival, Australia 2001
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Lucinda Williams, Prince of Wales Hotel, Melbourne, Australia 1993
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Chris Wilson, RRR Hard Boiled Ball, Melbourne, Australia 1995
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Appiah Annan, Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia 2007
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Body Song Dance Project, PICA, Perth, Australia 1990
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Chantal, M'Bilia Bel Tour, The Palace, Melbourne, Australia 1994
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Jacquie Dreessens & Appiah Annan, Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia 2007
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Cast in rehearsal - Spelling Bee 2006
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Neil Piggot - Thom Pain 2007
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Magda Szubanski & Jane Clifton - The Mad Woman of Chaillot 2007
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Joel Edgerton - The Pillowman 2007
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Richard Piper - Entertaining Mr Sloane 2007
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Matt Day - Scarlett O'Hara at the Crimson Parrot 2008
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Caroline O'Connor - Scarlet O'Hara at the Crimson Parrot 2008
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Cast in Rehearsal - The Hypocrite 2008
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Kym Gyngell & Bert Labonte - The Hypocrite 2008
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Noni Hazelhurst - Grace 2009
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Linda Cropper & Matt Dyktynski - Poor Boy, 2009
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Abi Tucker - Poor Boy 2009
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Caroline Craig - Love Song 2008
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Bob Hornery - Don Juan in Soho 2008
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Bert Labonte - Don Juan in Soho 2008
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Debra Byrne, Poetry Workshop, Victoria University, 2008
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Hung Le
Photo: Pam Kleemann
CD covers
Cyndi Boste Scrambled Eggs
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Passi Jo Kass Kass
Photo: Pam Kleemann
Musiki Manjaro Moto Moto
Photo: Pam Kleemann
