Yanis Marshall
Born (1989-11-11) November 11, 1989 (age 34)
Grasse, France
NationalityFrench
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 the 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. 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.
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