Parris Goebel facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Parris Goebel MNZM
Goebel in 2020
Born	Parris Renee Goebel (1991-10-29) 29 October 1991 (age 33) Manurewa, New Zealand
Education	Auckland Girls' Grammar School
Occupation	Dancer choreographer director singer actress
Years active	2009–present
Parent(s)	Brett Goebel (father)

Parris Renee Goebel (born 29 October 1991) is a famous dancer and choreographer from New Zealand. She is known for her amazing dance moves and for creating dances for many top music artists. Parris also founded The Palace Dance Studio, which is home to several award-winning dance crews.

Her dance crews, like ReQuest, Sorority, Bubblegum, and especially The Royal Family, have won many awards. The Royal Family is super famous for winning the World Hip Hop Dance Championship three times in a row! They were the first dance crew ever to do that.

Parris has worked with huge stars like Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, and Normani. She has choreographed (created the dances for) music videos for songs such as "What Do You Mean?", "Sorry", and "Yummy" by Justin Bieber. She also worked on "Touch" by Little Mix, "Level Up" by Ciara, and "How Do You Sleep?" by Sam Smith.

Parris was even nominated for a big award, the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year, for directing Justin Bieber's "Sorry" music video. She has also been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for her choreography in Rihanna's Savage X Fenty Show TV specials. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for Savage X Fenty: Vol. 3.

Early Life and Dance Journey

Parris Goebel grew up in South Auckland, New Zealand. Her family background includes Samoan, Chinese, and Scottish roots. From a young age, Parris loved to dance. She started taking hip-hop dance lessons when she was 10 years old.

When she was 15, Parris started her first dance group, ReQuest, with four friends. They practiced in her aunt's garage and later in her father's warehouse. After a year, they traveled to the United States for a big dance event called the Monsters of Hip Hop Dance Convention. Parris was chosen to perform in the show's grand finale.

After this exciting experience, Parris decided to leave Auckland Girls' Grammar School to focus completely on her dancing career.

Amazing Dance Career

Parris Goebel has choreographed for many famous artists. These include Ciara, Ariana Grande, Little Mix, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Nicki Minaj, and K-pop groups like Big Bang and 2NE1. Her work involves creating dance routines and sometimes performing in music videos and movies.

One of her biggest successes was choreographing the music video for Justin Bieber's 2015 song "Sorry." This video has been watched billions of times on YouTube! It also won "Video of the Year" at the 2016 American Music Awards. Parris then went on to choreograph and direct all thirteen of Justin Bieber's Purpose: The Movement videos.

Parris and her father, who also manages her career, run The Palace Dance Studio in Auckland. This studio is where many of her famous dance crews train.

In 2012, Parris appeared on TV shows like America's Best Dance Crew and Dancing With the Stars Australia. She also worked on Jennifer Lopez's 2012 world tour and performed with her on the American Idol season 11 finale. Parris also choreographed and acted in the 3D dance movie Step Up: All In, which came out in 2014.

In 2015, a dance routine she created for DeeWunn's song "Mek It Bunx Up" became very popular online. That same year, Parris was the main choreographer for New Zealand's first hip-hop movie, Born to Dance.

In 2016, Parris and her dance company, The Royal Family, toured across Europe, visiting countries like Italy, France, Holland, and Belgium.

More recently, in 2019, she choreographed a series of nine shows for French singer Mylène Farmer in Paris. She also choreographed Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty Show, which promoted Rihanna's lingerie line and was featured in a documentary.

In 2020, Parris choreographed the Super Bowl LIV halftime show featuring Jennifer Lopez and Shakira. She returned to the Super Bowl stage in 2023 to choreograph Rihanna's Super Bowl LVII halftime show. In 2024, she choreographed Doja Cat’s performance at Coachella and Lady Gaga’s music video for her song “Disease”.

Music by Parris Goebel

Parris Goebel has also released her own music. On August 8, 2016, she released her first music video for the song "Friday." This song was part of her EP (a mini-album) called Vicious. Later that month, she released another music video for her song "Nasty," also from the EP. In December 2016, she officially released Vicious, which included collaborations with artists like Jamaican Dancehall star, DeeWunn.

Parris Goebel's Dance Style

Parris Goebel is famous for her unique dance style, which she calls Polyswagg. She describes Polyswagg as a way of truly feeling and living the music, dancing with passion, and showing emotions through movement. She also gets a lot of inspiration from the Dancehall style of music and dance. You can see many Dancehall elements in her routines, especially in The Royal Family's performances at the World Hip Hop Dance Championship. Her style is often described as raw and natural.

Awards and Recognition

Parris Goebel has received many awards for her incredible talent:

• In 2009, she won the Street Dance New Zealand Choreographer of the Year and Dancer of the Year awards.
• In 2014, she was named Female Choreographer of the Year at the World Of Dance Awards in Los Angeles.
• In 2015, she received the Top Variety Artist Award and was recognized in the Young Leader category of the New Zealand Women of Influence Awards.
• In 2016, she won Female Choreographer of the Year and Live Performance of the Year at the World Of Dance Awards again.
• In 2020, Parris was honored as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her contributions to dance.
• In 2022, she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for her work on Rihanna's Savage X Fenty: Vol. 3.

Her Book

In March 2018, Parris Goebel shared her life story in her autobiography (a book about her own life) called Young Queen.

World Hip-Hop Dance Championships

The Palace Dance Studio's crews have achieved amazing results in the annual World Hip-Hop Dance Championship. Here's a look at their records:

See also

In Spanish: Parris Goebel para niños