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Goodnight Cowboy is a performance work that uses iconography from Margaret Wise Brown’s children’s book „Goodnight Moon“ and American western films. Cherdonna explores the myth of the conquest of the west, false heroism, how this heroic event is a construct and a farce filled with melancholy. Goodnight Cowboy explores themes of loneliness, isolation, the silliness and limitations of American mythology, and delves into things that seem simple but are complex. This work asks: What is wildness? What is tamable? What is America’s obsession with stereotypical masculinity, the illusion of masculinity, and the performance of masculinity?Jody Kuehner is Seattle-based dance artist, director, and performance artist Cherdonna Shinatra. She is a queer dancer who uses clowning, drag, theater, comedy, performance art, camp, pop culture, gay culture, feminist traditions, absurdity and subversive commentary to make art. Cherdonna is a persona created by Jody to explore and question themselves and the world.
Over the last 15 years, Kuehner has created and performed over a dozen evening-length works and performance installations described as “uncategorizable spectacles” (The Stranger).
Jody is a 2020 NEFA’s National Dance Project finalist, 2017 Artist Trust Fellowship recipient, 2017 Henry Art Gallery Artist in Residence, 2016 NEFA’s National Dance Project awardee, and 2015 Stranger Genius Award winner. She has been presented in Seattle at On the Boards, Seattle Theater Group, Washington Ensemble Theatre, The Henry Art Gallery, and the Frye Art Museum. She has been presented in the Unites States at the University of South Florida in Tampa Florida, the Meanings and Makings of Queer Dance in Ann Arbor, Michigan, The Yard at Martha’s Vineyard, American Dance Festival, Durham, North Carolina, and FringeArts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. DITCH, a three-month gallery exhibition, was presented at the Frye Art Museum, Sarasota Art Museum in Tampa Florida, and at The Momentary in Bentonville, Arkansas. DITCH was featured in ARTnews, i-D Magazine and NBC 12 must-see LGBTQ art shows around the world.
Photo: Lou Daprile
Fri 7 October 2022 - 19:00
English Theatre Berlin | International Performing Arts Center
Fidicinstraße 40
10965 Berlin - Kreuzberg
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English Theatre Berlin, Fidicinstr. 40,Berlin, Germany
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