Fan Yang

Fan Yang is a Canadian bubble artist.^[10] He was born in Vietnam in 1962, his mother is a Haiphong native. 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 has a show, the "Gazillion Bubble Show", in NYC, and has staged it elsewhere, including Las Vegas. His wife, Ana Yang, performs the show in his absence.^[12]

World records

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, 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

Some performances include;

• Late Night with David Letterman; NBC
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show; NBC
• Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon; CBS
• The Statler Brothers Show; TNN
• Disney-MGM
• NHK-TV; Japan
• RAI-TV; Italy
• Canale 5; Italy
• ZDF-TV; Germany
• TF-1; France
• Nickelodeon-Universal Studios, Florida U.S.A.
• Television Chile Guinness Prime Time
• FOX TV, CCTV Beijing, China
• Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS)
• TLC; U.S.A., (The Learning Channel)
• LWT (London Weekend Television); CCTV
• BBC; Canada
• Cirque du Soleil "Soltrom" ^[13]
• SBS, South Korea ^[10][14][15]
• Beirut, Lebanon (Biel)

Corporate performances

Some corporations that he performed for include;

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

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References

External links

• Science of Bubbles
• Bubbles products
• World Records with Soap Bubbles
• Review by Barbara Mehlman and Geri Manus on New York Theatre Guide - Online
• First bubble show in Russia