Co-presented by New Works and Little Room Productions
Fall(se) Circ(us)
Choreography by Isak Enquist
World Premiere
March 21, 2026 | 7:30pm
Roundhouse Community Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews)
Little Room Productions, in partnership with New Works and The Roundhouse Community Centre, presents Fall(se) Circ(us) -- the company’s inaugural performance work, choreographed by Co-Director Isak Enquist, on stage March 21, 2026 at the Roundhouse Community Centre.
Fall(se) Circ(us) will explore the notion of rebellion against everyday complacency through shifting cycles of “work” and “rest,” inviting improvised movement as a form of resistance. Enquist’s experimental movement language - a combination of Martial Arts, snowboarding style, and experimental floor work - will be embodied by an ensemble of seven local performing artists.
At its core, Fall(se) Circ(us) seeks to subvert expectations, transforming a traditional performance space into a shared celebration with audience members. It begins as a contemporary display of physical excellence—movement that seems to defy gravity and physics, often likened to “circus”. As the work unfolds, this intense physicality gradually dissolves to reveal a performers’ humanity — the circus falls into movement that becomes relaxed, learnable and participatory in real time. A simple hand gesture, a step, repeated throughout the show becomes an invitation for the audience to join the joyful rebellion on stage.
Participation is always optional; viewers may remain seated and observe, or they may “activate” their experience and enter the dance.
- Choreographer: Isak Enquist
- Performers: Isak Enquist, Eowynn Enquist, Tyler Layton-Olson, Mia Pelayo, Kaia Shukin, Alesandra X, and James Amzin Nahirinick
- Duration: 50 minutes
- Lighting Designer: Jono Kim
- Sound Designers: Isak Enquist & Tyler Layton Olsen
About Isak Enquist
Isak Enquist is a dance artist, teacher, choreographer, and experimental musician/sound designer, currently living on unceded and occupied traditional, ancestral territories of the Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh, Skwxwú7mesh, and xʷməθkwəy̓əm nations. Raised in the Kootenays/Ktunaxa of Canada, Isak began formal training in Shotokan Karate (Currently 1st Dan). He began dance education at Simon Fraser University before enrolling with the Modus Operandi Contemporary Training Program.
As a dance artist, Isak has performed with Canadian dance companies such as: Out Innerspace Dance Theatre, Compagnie Vision Impure, Mahaila Patterson-O’Brien, the response. (Amber Funk Barton), Mascall Dance, Generous Mess, Corporeal Imago, CAMP, Shay Kuebler Radical System Art, and Anne Plamondon Productions. He is also a choreographer/producer with Enquist X Enquist, and Late Nights (Cohort), contributing as a dancer and choreographer on various projects. Touring with these companies have included performances across Canada, USA, Europe and Israel.
About Little Room Productions
A new organization to Vancouver, Little Room Productions acts as a container for the collaborative productions of Eowynn Enquist and Isak Enquist, sharing the artistic process in dance, theatre, film, and experimental music. Together, they focus on cultivating rich artistic practice and the creation of bold new performance works.
Visit: littleroom.ca
New Works is proud to support the creation of Fall(se) Cirque(us) with Residency Support and Residency Reflections in January 2026. This activity is also supported by a HYPE Marketing Assistance Grant from Murray Paterson Marketing Group, and the Bocci Studio Space Program.
Top, middle photos by Lula-Belle Jedynak.