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such as ReQuest, Sorority, Bubblegum, and the Royal Family. The last has won the World Hip Hop Dance Championship three times in a row, becoming the first dance crew in history to achieve it. She has worked alongside multiple mainstream artists including

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and

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; and has choreographed the music videos for "

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" " Sorry" and " Yummy" by

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, "

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" by

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, " Level Up" by

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, " How Do You Sleep?" by

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, and "Abracadabra" by

. Goebel was nominated for the

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as a director on " Sorry" by Justin Bieber. She has also earned three

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nominations for her choreography work on the

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television specials ''

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'', ''Savage X Fenty Show: Vol. 2'', and ''Savage X Fenty: Vol. 3'' by Rihanna, and won the

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for the latter.

Early life

Goebel is of Samoan,

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, and

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descent, and grew up in

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. She was interested in dance from a young age and started hip-hop dance lessons when she was 10. When she was 15, she started the dance group ReQuest with four friends. Initially they practiced in Goebel's aunt's garage and later at her father's warehouse. After a year working together, they went to the Monsters of Hip Hop Dance Convention in the United States and Goebel was selected to dance in the finale performance of the convention. Following the convention, Goebel left

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to concentrate on her dancing.

Career

Goebel has worked with artists including

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, (South Korean bands) BigBang,

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, CL,

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and the french superstar

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. Her work has included choreographing routines and starring in music videos and movies. One of her notable successes was her work choreographing the music video for Justin Bieber's 2015 song "Sorry", which as of January 2020 is the 8th most viewed video on YouTube with more than 3 billion views. The video later won the "Video of the Year" award at the 2016 American Music Awards. Goebel went on to choreograph and direct all thirteen of Justin Bieber's Purpose: The Movement videos. These videos have totaled over 5.3 billion views combined as of January 2020. Goebel and her father, who is also her manager, run The Palace Dance Studio in

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. In 2012, Goebel starred on both ''

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'' and '' Dancing With the Stars Australia''. She then worked on

's 2012 world tour and performed with her on the ''American Idol'' season 11 finale. Goebel went on to choreograph and take on a role in the American 3D dance film '' Step Up: All In,'' released on 8 August 2014. In 2015, her choreography for DeeWunn's "Mek It Bunx Up" went viral and, as of January 2020, has received over 15 million views on YouTube. In 2015, Goebel was the leading choreographer for New Zealand's first hip-hop feature film, ''Born to Dance''. In 2016, Goebel toured across

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to multiple destinations, (

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), with her dance company The Royal Family. In 2019, she choreographed

's nine-show residency at

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in 2019. She appeared in Farmer's behind-the-scenes documentary ''L'Ultime Création'' on

. That year she also choreographed Rihanna’s ''

'' promoting her lingerie line, which was featured in a documentary regarding the making of the show on

. In 2020, Goebel choreographed

's and

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. In 2023, Goebel choreographed Rihanna's Super Bowl LVII halftime show. That year she also choreographed

's Nevermore 2023 the biggest stadium tour by a french female singer in history. In 2024, Goebel choreographed Doja Cat’s headlining Coachella performance and

’s music video for her comeback single, “

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”. In 2025, Lady Gaga's music video for "

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" was released featuring choreography by Goebel, who also contributed to Gaga’s headlining Coachella performance the same year as creative director and choreographer.

Music

On 8 August 2016 Goebel released her first music video to the song "Friday", which was then featured on her EP ''Vicious''. Later in August 2016, she released a music video for "Nasty", which is also featured on the EP. In December 2016 she eventually released ''Vicious,'' which featured artists including Jamaican Dancehall star, DeeWunn.

Style

Goebel is known for her particular style, known as Polyswagg. As she describes it, her style is based on hearing, breathing and living the music, being passionate while dancing and transmitting feelings. She also draws on music inspirations from the

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style. Large amounts of her routines include this element, most notably in the Royal Family's World Hip Hop Dance Championship performances. Her style has been described as raw and instinctive.

Honours and awards

In 2009, Goebel was awarded 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 2006, she was awarded the inaugural Special Recognition Award at the Creative New Zealand

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. In 2015, she was presented with the Top Variety Artist Award from the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Inc and the Young Leader category of the

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s. In 2016, she won Female Choreographer of the Year and Live Performance of the Year at the World Of Dance Awards. In the same year, the advertisement that she choreographed for

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won Worst Ad 2016 in the

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Fair Go Ad Awards In the

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, Goebel was appointed a

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, for services to dance. In 2022, she received the

for her work on

's ''Savage X Fenty: Vol. 3'' by

Publication

In March 2018, Goebel published her autobiography ''Young Queen.''

World Hip-Hop Dance Championships

Palace Dance Studios crews and their records in the annual competition.

Work

Films; As Actress

Films; As Crew

Specials

Music Videos

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goebel, Parris 1991 births Living people 21st-century New Zealand dancers New Zealand choreographers New Zealand female dancers New Zealand women choreographers New Zealand Women of Influence Award recipients People educated at Auckland Girls' Grammar School 21st-century New Zealand people New Zealand people of Samoan descent New Zealand people of Scottish descent New Zealand people of Chinese descent New Zealand autobiographers Women autobiographers Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit People from Manurewa Primetime Emmy Award winners