Premiere of ONLY UNDER
A new work by Ana Mrak and Bruno Isaković, co-produced by Domino and UO Malo Sutra, arrives at KNAP Theatre!
The premiere of ONLY UNDER, produced by UO Malo Sutra and co-produced by the Domino Association, will take place on Tuesday, December 16 at 8:30 PM at KNAP Theatre. . This new work by creators and performers Bruno Isaković and Ana Mrak explores the invisible forces that shape bodies, relationships, and structures—from the physical and emotional to the social and political.
The creative team consists of Ana Mrak and Bruno Isaković, with sound design by Hrvoje Nikšić, lighting design by Ema Kani, and Studio Baranda for video. Dramaturgical support was provided by Mia Zalukar, and the visual identity was created by Designed Motion. . The performance is produced by UO Malo Sutra, co-produced with the Domino Association, in collaboration with KNAP Theatre.
ONLY UNDER is a performance about forces: invisible, structural, emotional, and physical. Inspired by wave mechanics, the work explores how movements—both choreographic and social—emerge only under certain conditions. Waves arise because something presses, pulls, or disturbs. Power, too, comes into being when something exerts pressure, withdraws, or meets resistance. The performance treats the dancers as bodies within an active environment rather than as characters. They respond to shifting conditions: compression, flow, interference, and imbalance. Movement emerges in the same way waves do—from what lies beneath. Every visible gesture is shaped by a layer that remains unseen: an impulse, a constraint, a presence, or an absence.
In ONLY UNDER, hierarchy is not a choice but a phenomenon. Bodies rise and fall within structures that feel inevitable, cyclical, and often invisible. One body ascends because another falls. Someone leads only because someone else is carried in a different direction. The choreography reflects a system of power that is never stable and always oscillating. The work foregrounds transitional moments—states in which control wavers and identities shift. These liminal moments, like the instant when a wave hangs suspended before it breaks, reveal both the fragility of dominance and the persistence of influence. Ultimately, ONLY UNDER asks what conditions are necessary for change. What pressures generate movement? How does hidden force shape visible outcomes? And who bears the weight of the forces that make movement possible? It is a dance about what lies beneath the surface, and about how the invisible becomes inevitable.
