Sabrina

Applying to Cannes with the Maison Foundation. From Brooklyn to the Caribbean— I’m building work rooted in memory, land, and ritual. I didn’t come through traditional pipelines— I’ve built from community, from movement, from what was available. Now I’m expanding— creating work that travels, and building where it can live. Not just here to be seen— here to build what comes next. #MaisonFoundation #Cannes2026 #BlackFilmmakers #CaribbeanCinema #diasporastories

Yall know it takes me a bit to process. 
Grateful to have won BAAD!’s choreography competition and to perform alongside some of the best humans for Día de los Muertos on Nov 1st. This piece transformed many times before reaching the stage. It asked me to shift, to stay close to purpose, and to create from what was left. One of those shifts meant composing my own music — which you hear here — drawn from a sound art piece born of a dream my mother and I shared, weeks apart, two years ago. My grandmother spoke first to my mother, then to me — Agárrala y ven conmigo. Through my mother’s voice notes, I found her again, alive between worlds, with her girls. That shared dream sparked my journey to begin archiving my family’s stories, myths, sounds, and songs — and has inspired me to help others do the same thru ritual, movement and sound. I dedicate this performance to Marina Valera, my mom’s best friend — a true comadre who fought for youth literacy, environmental justice, and tenderness in activism. One of my family’s biggest supporters, who always reminded me to keep my hands in the soil. (1960-2025) To all the people that inspire me to be brave, rooted, and relentless in love — thank you. Big love to my fellow performers:
✨ @leandrashipps [dancer]
✨ morganctd [dancer]
✨ nia.simone [cellist] And deep gratitude to the team at @baadbronx for holding space for movement, memory, and transformation.

Little me is cheesin’ right now. To come back to Ocean Hill—right by Bushwick where I grew up—and build with Betty’s Garden was nothing short of magic. Miss Betty’s daughter, her grandbaby, Miss Sarah and Miss Linda, the elders, the kids—everybody. And every single one of us was fed. We lifted up the garden, the land stewards across our borough, and even lit up a brick wall covered in vines with my short experimental film. We danced, we prayed with cacao, we grieved, we laughed, we ate, and we cracked our hearts wide open—with cacao leading the way. This night was a whole reminder of what it means to gather, to celebrate, to root in community. Big love to the brilliant crew who brought the the performance to life: Nothin’ But Islands: Choreographer + Artistic Director: Sabrina Frometa Composer + Musical Director: Jade “Dunia Shawty” Brown Cellist: Nia Simone Performers: Morgan De Lancy, Camille Wyatt, LeAndra Shipps, Kyra Assibey-Bonsu Videographer: Jaden Rich Stay tuned for what’s next—where theatre meets exhibition meets ritual. Pics tomorrow, I’m sleepy now.

Join us for Nothin’ But Islands: A Harvest Gathering, an evening of ritual, movement, and storytelling in Ocean Hill. Celebrating cycles of grief, rest, and renewal, anchored in cacao, dance, and live performance. Artistic Team Choreographer + Artistic Director: Sabrina Frometa Musical Director: Jade “Dunia Shawty” Brown Cellist: Nia Simone Performers: Morgan De Lancy, Camille Wyatt, LeAndra Shipps, Kyra Assibey-Bonsu Garden Steward/Collaborator: Reiko Tahara Featuring 🍫 Cacao Blessing & Tea-Making Workshop 💃🏾 Nothin’ But Islands Performance 🎥 Video Projection on the Vine Wall 🌿 Garden Stories & Plot Showcases 🍲 Vendors + Community Potluck 🗓️ Sunday, September 28th ⏰ 5:30–8PM 📍 Florence “Betty” Simon Garden THE FIRE PIT and THE GRILL will be sparked, so bring food, drinks and your gentle selves! RSVP AQUÍ: https://posh.vip/e/nothin-but-islands

I had to go into the archives today. I was trying to avoid my tears and melancholy—and thank god it didn’t work. I was met by the ancestors from Benin, Togo, Burundi, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Harlem and we cried so much it turned dizzy—a moment to tell the world who I am. Today, I was reminded to tend where I am—where my feet are planted. And today, these feet were planted in cacao, in strawberries and radishes and cucumbers. Special thanks to William Greaves for this footage; Langston Hughes for rhythm-ful words; and the First World World Festival of Negro Arts for helping me to sort through: “Who am I? Look upon me. Look upon my images. Listen to my sounds. These are the gates through which you must pass, if you are to know me”

Join us for A Black Cacao Danza on Friday, June 20th from 6:30-11:30p at Greenspaces, Denver! YAYA in collab with @blackadelics.co , @themycoalition , and @sacredecocenter are bringing the vibes and space to be in black joy, to rest, and to frolic—that made June 2023 unforgettable! Black, queer, and Indigenous kinfolk—come dance, connect, and vibe in our immersive chocolate mundo: tropical, ‘fa us’, and proudly Black, Queer & Indigena. Expect live music, Artist Talk by beloved artist and author of @theblackjoyproject , Kleaver Cruz, cacao blessing, vendors, plants, open mic, and a mini West African dance class by Kofi Adoo. Plus, organic raw cacao straight from @tierradecaofarms ! Hit me if you’d like to vend or perform at the open mic 🖤🌞👶🏿😛🤭 Free DJ: @rozzaydontplay_ MC: @fromentation 😛 Collaborators: @sacredecocenter [Benu Amun Ra] @blackadelics.co [Nemo and Sov] @mycoaltion , @yayatoday and @greenspaces [Jazz] Photography(2023): @vizually_jazz

Thank you for mi gente who encouraged me to celebrate this day, this achievement, and this re-commitment to purpose, play, story, and fight. Maestría en Estudios de Medios y Documentales Completed! 😛😛😛

Choreo by @royacarreras 🖤😛

She’s dragging it, they say. #markmorrisdancegroup

Part 2: More musings and fleetings from my birthday and this past year on Earth. This is what it looks like when your people really joy for for joy. 🥹🥹🥹

#1: Moments from my past year around the sun that made life brighter, hopeful, and joyful for the kid. These are just a few of the happenings, fleetings, reunions, lunches, meet-cutes and witnessings that I hope to experience pa siempre. Thank you to mi gente for loving on me and letting me love on you—yall know who you are and what we did! 😛 Happy birthday to me!

Tierra de Cao, a small-family run cacao farm and community-powered sanctuary welcomed @sacredecocenter to the Western part of the island of Kiskeya, the Dominican Republic! Week One: - We began to harvest raw cacao! - We celebrated the last tv and radio program of the year for, Juventud Al Día, a youth-powered non profit that uplifts education, social justice, and environmental justice across the island. Ran by Ana Rita Artiles and her daughter, Sabrina Frometa - Say hello to our lovely host, board member and Founder of YAYA, Sabrina Frometa: @fromentation - We feasted with the community: local teachers, agronomists, farmers, youth and celebrated our mutual love for the land and the fruits it bears - We embraced each other and recounted stories of nature-centered mythologies, discussed ways of connecting our movements across borders, and rejoiced in our shared commitment to the land and our healing with YAYA! Say hello to our collaborators on the Caribbean: @yaya_today