Yanis Marshall

Yanis Marshall
Born	(1989-11-11) November 11, 1989 (age 35) Grasse, France
Nationality	French
Occupations	Dancer choreographer

Yanis Marshall (born 11 November 1989) is a French dancer and choreographer. He was born in Grasse, France. ^[1] He specializes in a style of dance choreography in which dancers of all genders wear high-heeled shoes.

Career

In 2014, he auditioned for Britain's Got Talent with two backup male dancers and ended up becoming a finalist. Marshall also has spent time working as a coach and choreographer on Dancing with the Stars and Ukraine's version of So You Think You Can Dance . He is also the choreographer for Cirque du Soleil's Las Vegas Zumanity show. ^{[2] [3]}

In 2018, he appeared as the dancing Deadpool in Céline Dion's video "Ashes", while Ryan Reynolds appeared as Deadpool in the speaking part. ^{[4] [5]}

In 2019, he appeared in the fourth episode of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 11 ^[6] "Trump: The Rusical".

In 2022, he appeared in the fifth episode of Season 1 of Drag Race France.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2022, he became dance teacher in the 10th season of French TV show Star Academy (France)

Personal life

Marshall is openly gay ^[7] and has spoken about the role dancing plays in the coming out of people. ^[8]

References

1. "Yanis Marshall : biographie, news, photos et videos". Télé-Loisirs (in French). Archived from the original on 2018-05-27. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
2. "Meet The Man Behind The Deadpool Mask And Heels". Instinct. 2018-05-05. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
3. "Le danseur Yanis Marshall a vécu un cauchemar dans le costume de Deadpool". HuffPost Québec (in Canadian French). 2018-05-14. Archived from the original on 2018-08-11. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
4. "The surprising identity of Deadpool's dancing doppelgänger has been revealed and his fans are freaking out". INSIDER. Archived from the original on 2018-06-09. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
5. "Choreographer Yanis Marshall talks dancing in high heels, meeting Pinoy fans". Rappler. Archived from the original on 2019-01-27. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
6. "RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: Make Season 11 Great Again". www.vulture.com. 21 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
7. Marshall, Yanis. "Yes, I am gay. Very gay". Facebook. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
8. Osenlund, Kurt (9 July 2015). "Globe-Strutter: Choreographer Yanis Marshall, in heels and in demand". Out.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.