In the elective seminar “Borders and Bridges” (January 12–17, 2026), volunteers in the Voluntary Social Year in Culture (FSJ Kultur) explored visible and invisible borders and the bridges that connect through artistic expression. In two parallel workshops for dance and theater, the participants improvised and experimented together, searching for individual and collective forms of expression. They incorporated their personal experiences and creatively explored the themes of separation, encounter, and understanding.
The result was a collection of dynamic choreographies, scenic miniatures, and performative images that explore personal experiences, societal boundaries, and moments of connection. Through improvisation, physical expression, language, and music, the groups developed a shared public presentation. This presentation demonstrated how artistic expression can make differences visible while simultaneously opening pathways to togetherness, building vibrant bridges between people, stories, and perspectives.
Seminar results
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In the theatre workshop, participants creatively explored the theme of "Borders and Bridges ." Based on personal experiences, personal boundaries, physical limitations, and societal barriers, they developed their own scenes, images, and short performances. Body, voice, and space were used to depict visible and invisible boundaries, but also ways to overcome them and build bridges.
This resulted in touching, thoughtful and sometimes humorous contributions about what separates people, where boundaries protect or restrict, and how connection, trust and encounter can open up new spaces.
In the dance workshop, participants approached the topic through movement, rhythm, and physical expression. The focus was on personal boundaries, physical limits, and interpersonal distance, as well as closeness, trust, and connection. Through improvisations and collaborative choreography, they explored how boundaries become perceptible in the body and how they can be shifted, dissolved, or consciously set.
Through dynamics, touch, distance and encounter, expressive movement sequences were created that showed what separates people from each other, where safe spaces are important and how bridges can be built through mutual attention and cooperation.
