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Andrea Esswein {* 1969), Vanessa Ossa (* 1981) and Bettina Stoß (* 1971) are so young that they bave already been able to re-integrate thè history of dance photography into thè way they see things. Their particular perspective often makes use of a lighting angle, a sequence, a composition that reminds us of earlier series done by thè old masters of thè trade. Bernd Uhlig (* 1951) invokes old photographic techniques to create his gently distorted images of movement, whereas Joerg Reichardt (* 1957) falls back on thè old ability of photography to actually "freeze" movement. They all demónstrate just how much both dance and photography bave changed over thè last ten years. It goes without saying that these two German scenes are going to produce both interesting choreographies as well as interesting photos.

Prof. Dr. Rolf Sachsse

lectures in thè history of design and design theory at thè Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar

(Saar Academy of thè Visual Arts) in Saarbrücken