Parris Goebel
Biography
Parris Goebel is a New Zealand dancer and choreographer who began hip-hop lessons at 10 and started the group ReQuest at 15. Raised in South Auckland, she founded The Palace Dance Studio and serves as its main choreographer; its crew the Royal Family won the World Hip Hop Dance Championship three times consecutively, a first for any dance crew. She has choreographed for Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, and Justin Bieber; her music videos include Sorry and Yummy by Justin Bieber and Abracadabra by Lady Gaga. She appeared in and choreographed Step Up: All In (2014), earned an MTV Video Music Award nomination as a director on Sorry, and received three Primetime Emmy nominations for Rihanna's Savage X Fenty specials, including Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 2 (2020), winning Outstanding Choreography for Savage X Fenty: Vol. 3. She also choreographed Super Bowl halftime shows in 2020 and 2023 and published the autobiography Young Queen in 2018.
35years old
Turns 36 on October 29in 353 days
- Born Manurewa
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Also credited as Parris Renee Goebel
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 8 years2014 to 2022
Every film, newest first
- 2022HalftimeIMDb rating 6.6
- 2020Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 2IMDb rating 7.2
- 2014Step Up All InIMDb rating 5.9
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A first
Goebel started the Palace Dance Studio and serves as its main choreographer. Its Royal Family crew became the first in history to take the World Hip Hop Dance Championship three years running.
Early training
After attending the convention, Goebel decided to leave Auckland Girls' Grammar School so she could focus all her attention on dancing.
Behind the camera
For Justin Bieber's Purpose: The Movement, Parris Goebel took on both the choreography and directing duties across all thirteen videos. By January 2020, those videos had reached more than 5.3 billion views combined.
A first
In 2015, Goebel served as the leading choreographer for Born to Dance, which was New Zealand's first hip-hop feature film.
Behind the award
Goebel won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for Rihanna's Savage X Fenty: Vol. 3, one of her three Emmy nominations for the Savage X Fenty specials.
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Worked with
Parris Goebel made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Trish SieDirector, 1 film, 2014
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Amanda MicheliDirector, 1 film, 2022
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Alex RudzinskiDirector, 1 film, 2020
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Awards
Four awards and honors from 2013 to 2020.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2020 | Arts and Culture award | Won | |
| 2019 | Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit | Won | |
| 2015 | Young Leader award | Won | |
| 2013 | Special Recognition Award | Won | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.