Island Woman Rise | High Princx Pageant 2024 Performance by Sassi Fran at Oasis SF

Описание: It's been a year and a half since this winning performance from The High Princx Pageant 2024 but wanted to finally post this here. And now with Oasis closing at the end of the year, I've been reminiscing on all of the performances that I've done on this incredible stage. I'm still so so proud of this number and I couldn't have done it without my amazing backup dancers/ friends. This piece started off as a personal art/life project to dig into my roots in so many ways. When asked to produce our dream number for this pageant, I felt is was my time to tell a story about one of the strongest women I knew whose life was always a mystery, my grandmother. In preparation for this number I interviewed my mother to learn more about my grandmother and our family history. I learned so much in this call. When I asked "what did you learn from grandma's life when it comes to resilience?" my mom responded with "Maging totoo ka sa sarili mo (stay true to yourself)"- which I then used this audio in the final number. This number was not only a fill circle moment to fulfill myself in learning about my grandma and my mom's lives to help me learn more about myself, but it was also a full circle for my fellow dancers/friends in this piece. This pice allowed me to peel back the layers of my ancestry and use it to strengthen the community of pinays in front of me. Island woman rise, walang makakatigil (they got nothing us), alamin ang yung ugat (know your roots), Isang bagsak (one fall)!

A huge thank you to:

My backup dancers:
Jessalyn Ocampo   / jethawyn   (she also helped choreograph the first chorus of "Us" and collaborated with me on the final chorus choreo)
Marjorie Bui   / majikurumachan2  
Marnelli Canosa   / marnellinelli  
Mylene Canosa   / mfnc_  

My quick-change helpers:
Nutasha   / nutasha24  
Nia Politan   / nia_politan_  
Yves Saint Croissant   / yvessaintcroissant  

My black/old bodysuit costume made by Kip Yanaga   / snackum_dackum  

Wig by Sprinkles on Top Wigs   / sprinklesontopwigs  

Thank you to Kariktan Dance (   / kariktandance   ) , Rea (  / craftyrea  ) and Melyssa (  / silkymochi  ) for sending me video clips for the background video

Fans provided by K-Pop-Up

Filmed by:
Nick Sanchez   / piklnick  
Loma Prietta   / thelomaprietta