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Fan Yang (artist)

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Fan Yang
Born
Haiphong, Vietnam
Other namesBubble Man
Bubbleologist
CitizenshipCanada
OccupationEntertainer
Known forThe Gazillion Bubble Show, 16-time Guinness World Record holder
SpouseAna Yang
ChildrenDeni Yang, Melody Yang
RelativesJano Yang (brother)
Websitehttp://www.gazillionbubbleshow.com
Notes
An example of a bubble (not made by Fan)

Fan Yang (born 1962) is a Canadian bubble artist.[10]

Early life

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Fan Yang was born in Vietnam in 1962; his father is Hungarian and his mother is a Haiphong native.[citation needed]

Career

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He has earned international acclaim as a result of his complex displays of bubble theater.[11] In addition to performing, he has developed his own bubble solution formulas and equipment to create bubbles. Fan Yang has broken bubble-related world records on numerous occasions. Yang produces a show, the Gazillion Bubble Show, in New York City, and has staged it elsewhere, including Las Vegas. His wife, Ana Yang, performs the show in his absence.[12]

World records

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Fan's first 11 world records are all unique in the field of bubbles.

  • Berlin, Germany, 1992: The largest spherical soap bubble. (2.3 m circumference)
  • Pacific Science Center Seattle, Washington, August 11, 1997: The world’s largest bubble wall. (47.4 m lengthwise)
  • Hollywood, California, May 5, 1999: The most bubbles inside 9 concentric bubbles, inside each other.
  • Paris, France, March 29, 2000: The most bubbles inside 11 concentric bubbles inside each other.
  • Wavrin, France, April 1, 2000: Passage into a bubble hemisphere. His daughter slid into a bubble hemisphere going through the bubble film without bursting it.
  • Helsinki, Finland, October 20, 2001: Record for the most concentric bubbles. (12 domes)
  • Stockholm, Sweden, November 27, 2001: Record for the most bubbles attached on each other in mid air (9).
  • Santa Ana, California, April 7, 2004: World record for The Most People Inside A Soap Bubble (8 people)
  • New York City, U.S., March 18, 2005: Guinness World Record for the most people inside a soap bubble at Toys 'R' Us
  • Santa Ana, California, April 12, 2006: Encapsulating 15 pairs of people in their own bubble cubicles for 5 seconds and linking them together to create a "Mega Bubble Cage"
  • Madrid, Spain, May 25, 2006: Encapsulating 22 people inside a single soap bubble.
  • Chicago, United States, January 30, 2008: Encapsulating 100 people inside a single soap bubble on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Television performances

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Corporate performances

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  • Mercedes Benz
  • IBM
  • Hugo Boss
  • L’Oreal
  • BMW
  • Chrysler
  • Omega
  • Audi
  • Carl Zeiss
  • Siemens
  • Pepsi[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "VietNamNet Bridge". Archived from the original on 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
  2. ^ "Bubble artist sets world record - News - OCRegister.com". Archived from the original on 2009-05-25. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
  3. ^ "Interview: Fan-Yang of Gazillion Bubble Show". March 7, 2007. Archived from the original on December 4, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2009.
  4. ^ Graeber, Laurel. "Gazillion Bubble Show". query.nytimes.com.
  5. ^ Sevenload, "Guinness World Records TV - Guinness World Records TV- Most bubble domes in concentric circles - sevenload". Archived from the original on 2009-03-03. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
  6. ^ "Gazillion Bubble Show! - World Records -". Archived from the original on 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
  7. ^ "Fan Yang of Gazillion Bubble Show to Appear on Today Show May 8 | TheaterMania". www.theatermania.com.
  8. ^ "World Records with Soap Bubbles". www.recordholders.org.
  9. ^ "World Bubble Records". www.bubbleblowers.com.
  10. ^ a b "Fan Yangs Bubble Show Back in Seoul". koreatimes. January 5, 2009.
  11. ^ "Fan Yang". Archived from the original on October 16, 2010. Retrieved November 1, 2009.
  12. ^ "Gazillion Bubble Show! - Meet the Artists -". Archived from the original on 2009-12-17. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
  13. ^ a b bubble bath spa soap chocolate at anabubble.com Archived 2007-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "놀라운 대회 스타킹". wizard2.sbs.co.kr.
  15. ^ "| Official Korea Tourism Organization". english.visitkorea.or.kr.
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