Circus Artists Dazzle
"Circus is the art of the impossible. Artists train for years to dazzle, delight and stretch the imagination about what humans — and animals — can do. They fly, they spin, they juggle, and balance from bizarre heights."
January 1, 2013 - By NANCY CHURNIN / Dallas Morning News - Arts & Life read more
Stretch it Out
Lone Star Circus delivers another winning year of Cirque Banquiste at the Rosewood Center for Family Arts.
December 30, 2012 - By MARK LOWRY / Theater Jones read more
Cirque Banquisté is Mesmerizing
"Our family caught the opening night performance of Cirque Banquisté! last night. We saw the show last year and loved it so we were eagerly anticipating this year's production — we weren't disappointed! Directed by Fanny Kerwich, founder of Lone Star Circus, Cirque Banquiste! creatively combines the excitement of thrilling circus acts that will keep you on the edge of your seat..."
December 28, 2012 - By MINA FRANNEA / The Mom's Journal read more
A Dispatch from Lone Star Circus' "Banquisté!"
"It's around this time of year that everyone's holiday buzz begins to fizzle, and the glow of enthusiasm that met the late year celebrations wanes into exhaustion. We all get the holiday hangover, but there is an energetic and live antidote to those blues that you may not have thought of: the circus."
December 28, 2012 - By MATTHEW LAWSON / Dallas Observer blogs read more
Dallas International School students prepare for annual circus performance
"French acoustic jazz echoes through the gymnasium at the Dallas International School as elementary- and middle-school-aged athletes shimmy up ropes, swing from trapezes and swirl from brightly colored silks during an after-school program that could draw comparisons to Cirque du Soleil."
May 9, 2012 - By LINDSEY BEVER / NeighborsGo.com read more
Cirque Banquisté, a labor of love, selling out fast
"I was feeling a little guilty about taking so long to get up this blog post about Cirque Banquiste!. The international circus experience put together right here in Texas by Fanny Kerwich, an eighth generation circus artist and married Dallas mom of two, opened Thursday.
But then I found out that the Thursday AND Friday performances are sold out..."
December 30, 2011 - By NANCY CHURNIN / Dallas Morning News read more
Circus Student Get a Shot at the Big Top - Ringling Bros. pulls back curtain
"Who says you have to run away from home to join the circus? Twenty-six students from Lone Star Circus School were given a rare treat Tuesday as they performed alongside professionals from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus at American Airlines Center.
Lone Star Circus School, an after-school program at Dallas International School, is the only professional circus training program in Texas..."
Local Children Participate in Ringling Bros. Circus
"Check out Preston Hollow's own Jesse Patterson, 13, as she successfully hula hoops on all four appendages. Patterson has been a student of Lone Star Circus School for one year..."
August 4, 2010 - By CLAIRE ST. AMANT / Preston Hollow People read more
One of Texas' only circus schools teaches our intern a few tricks
"Fanny Kerwich didn't run away and join the circus; she was born into it. A North Texas resident, Fanny is an 8th generation circus performer who has performed with every big circus in the world..."
July 21, 2010 - By BEN FARMER / Pegasus News read more
July 20, 2010 - By KRISTJANA GUDMUNDSSON / The Dallas Morning News read more
Hanging with the Circus
"I knew it was going to be a good day when I saw "adults in circus school" on my assignment. And it was!
Sure enough, the Lone Star Circus instructor was kind enough to let me try out the aerial silks..."
July 15, 2010 - COURTNEY CHURNIN / The Dallas Morning News Photo Blog read more
" When director CeCe Prudhomme started recruiting performers for Stratford High School's next student musical, she made the demands of the show quite clear.
Not only would students be expected to act and sing for Barnum!, they would be required to master the art of circus performing."
January 22, 2009 - Stratford High School performers find 'Barnum!' a true balancing act - Houston Chronical read more
"Characters fly through the air with the greatest of ease. They also spin plates, hang from silk ropes and walk a tightrope.
That many of them do so while also singing and telling the tale of “Barnum” is a tip-off that the musical by the Stratford Players is an ambitious high school production."
January 21, 2009 - A circus, a musical, an ambitious show - River Oaks Examiner read more
"The Circus is Coming to Stratford! SHS Playhouse presents Barnum!"
"Several students in the new production of Barnum learned the trapeze and aerial 15 to 20 feet up from the floor. For this production, the Stratford High auditorium will be transformed into circus tent..."
January 2009 - Flying trapezes swing at Stratford High - Spring Branch ISD News read more
"Circuses come from faraway places, right? Well, not since eighth-generation circus performer Fanny Kerwich married Dallas lawyer Mark Doyle and started a family and her very own Lone Star Circus Arts Center here. The nonprofit organization was incorporated in 2006 with the mission of promoting circus arts in Dallas."
