using System.IO;

using System;

using YamlDotNet.Serialization;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        // convert string/file to YAML object

        var r = new StringReader(@"

scalar: a scalar

sequence:

  - one

  - two

"); 

        MyClass myClass = new MyClass();

        var deserializer = new Deserializer();

        var yamlObject = deserializer.Deserialize(r);

        var serializer = new Serializer(SerializationOptions.JsonCompatible);

        var w = new StringWriter();

        serializer.Serialize(w, yamlObject);

        string jsonText = w.ToString();

        //serializer.Serialize(Console.Out, yamlObject);

        myClass = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<MyClass>(jsonText);

        Console.WriteLine(myClass.scalar);

        foreach(string s in myClass.sequence)

        {

            Console.WriteLine(s);

        }

    }

}

​

class MyClass

{

    public string scalar {get; set;}

    public List<string> sequence {get; set;}

}