Gravitational Bond
Gravitational Bond Promo
Date: Saturday, November 8, 2025
Time: 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: Decentered Studio - 1175 Folsom St. 2A San Francisco CA
Price: Sliding Scale
Event Link: External Link
Description
On Saturday, November 8, 2025, Decentered Arts Studio (1175 Folsom St) hosted Gravitational Bond, a three-hour workshop (11:00 AM–2:00 PM) that explored trust, lift, and connection through partnered and group movement.
Facilitators Kadir Uyanik and Paula Planas Melgar led the session. Kadir — a playful partner-acrobat and movement artist known for teaching partner acro with warmth and precision — guided exercises that refined how participants led, followed, and carried one another. Paula — a nomadic contemporary dancer whose practice blends improvisation, breath, and poetic clarity — invited participants to open through feeling, breath, and creative play.
Together, they braided playful labs and somatic scores using simple prompts (hang, squeeze, float) and helium balloons as tactile improvisational partners. The workshop offered solo discoveries, partner experiments, and group jams that revealed how gravity, attention, and touch make and unmake bonds. It was accessible to all levels — participants wore comfortable clothes and, in some cases, brought a friend to move with.