06/18/2026
We are hyped to present Sharayna Ashanti’s A BIRTH OF REMEMBRANCE as the preceding film to tonight’s VOICES OF THE GODS 2k restoration screening in Baltimore.
Sharayna Ashanti Christmas () is a mother , womanist , abolitionist and cultural worker who creates at the center of who she is. As a dancer , producer , filmmaker and assemblage artist, her work explores the movement in relation to how our bodies connect with the subconscious to tell stories of our past , present and unseen.Trained in ballet at the Dance Theatre of Harlem from the age of three, she has performed works by Ulysses Dove, Robert Garland, and Geoffrey Holder, grounding her performance practice in over 25 years of embodied study.
In 2004, Christmas founded Muse 360, a youth development organization that has shaped two decades of intergenerational cultural work through Rayn Fall Dance Studio, New Generation Scholars Institute, and the Spark of Genius program. Expanding her vision in 2017, she launched Necessary Tomorrows, a platform supporting Black and POC artists through advocacy, curation, and funding. Both initiatives reflect her commitment to cultivating spaces that bridge history and futurity while nurturing collective imagination.
Her work has been recognized nationally and internationally, and she continues to create from a place rooted in womanist practice, abolitionist values, and cultural regeneration. Christmas holds a degree in Finance and Business from Morgan State University.
