Cherdonna Shinatra

​​Jody Kuehner aka Cherdonna Shinatra uses dance, drag, theater, absurdity and subversive commentary to make art. Twenty years ago, she landed in Seattle and fell in love with its rowdy, postmodern dance culture. Jody has created and performed a wide array of evening-length works described as “uncategorizable spectacles” (The Stranger) for theaters, museums, clubs, and abandoned buildings. She is a 2023 and 2020 NEFA’s National Dance Project finalist and 2016 NEFA’s National Dance Project awardee, 2017 Artist Trust Fellowship recipient, and 2015 Stranger Genius Award winner. She has been presented locally at On the Boards, Washington Ensemble Theatre, Seattle Theatre Group, Velocity Dance Center, and the Henry Art Gallery. She has been presented nationally at Go Drag! Festival, Berlin, Germany; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Centro de las Artes, Monterrey, Mexico; The Yard at Martha’s Vineyard; American Dance Festival, Durham, NC; and FringeArts in Philadelphia, PA. Her exhibition DITCH was presented at the Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA; The Momentary at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AK; Sarasota Art Museum, FL; and Akron Art Museum, OH. DITCH was featured in ARTnews, i-D Magazine and NBC's 12 must-see LGBTQ art shows around the world.