[3][4] Today, Captain Hollywood Project is recognized as a live performing duo act starring Harrison and singer/dancer Shirin von Gehlen (a.k.a.

[1] Together with their live musicians and dancers, Harrison and von Gehlen perform the Captain Hollywood Project hits year-round at concert venues in the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, Russia and Australia.

A native of Newark, New Jersey,[7] Harrison originally gained his stage name in 1982 while stationed in Germany as a U.S. Army captain.

During his off-duty hours, he would entertain his military friends on base by performing street dance moves in his captain's uniform.

For his guest appearance on the show, he did a three-minute body popping dance routine to the Jonzun Crew song "Pack Jam".

[1][9][10] When his active military duty ended in 1983, he relocated to Germany and worked as the lead dance choreographer on Formel Eins.

Catch,[12] La Toya Jackson, Kim Wilde, Paula Abdul, Natalie Cole, Milli Vanilli and many other performers.

[14] When he entered the music business in 1986, he made a tradition of choreographing his own live act when performing with his team of backup dancers.

Artists such as DJ Bobo, Haddaway and several others have collaborated with Harrison extensively when planning, staging and choreographing a number of their live shows.

By the year 2000, Harrison transitioned into working behind the scenes as a choreographer, manager and producer of boy bands[9] in the United States and Canada.

He independently released singles "Deborah",[15] "Soulsister",[16] "Grand Piano", a solo album Do That Thang,[17] and many other dance music tracks.

[18][13] As co-producer, choreographer, rapper and frontman, Harrison led singer Nance Coolen and backup dancers Giovanni Falco (a.k.a.

After many successful years of achieving chart topping hits and touring worldwide, Harrison decided to shift his focus to working more as a music producer and composer behind the scenes.

[32][11] In 2008, Harrison co-produced two new Captain Hollywood singles "More & More Recall"[33] and "It Hurts With You")[34] exclusively for release in the UAE with producer DJ Base.

Two years later, Harrison brought back the Captain Hollywood Project as a special guest act for DJ Bobo's massive Fantasy tour.

A native of Düsseldorf, Germany,[1] von Gehlen is a trained singer, dancer, musician and choreographer with an extensive background in live performing and artistic gymnastics.

Before bringing back the project for DJ Bobo's Fantasy tour, both Harrison and von Gehlen spent a total of three months in Switzerland helping to plan, stage and choreograph the tour while also producing new songs for DJ Bobo's live act which performed in over 20 major German cities.