this book contains the proceedings of the summer school and workshop `motions in the solar atmosphere held from september 1st to september 12th, 1997, at the solar observatory kanzelhöhe, part of the astronomical institute of the university of graz, austria. in seven review articles a comprehensive study is given of motions in the solar atmosphere ranging from convective motions to the complex dynamics of the corona. this book also treats the latest review of dynamics of solar plasma at different atmospheric levels. audience: researchers in astrophysics, solar physicists and plasma physicists.