Fan Yang
| Fan Yang | |
|---|---|
| Born | Haiphong, Vietnam |
| Residence | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
| Other names |
Bubble Man, Bubbleologist |
| Ethnicity | Hungarian-Vietnamese |
| Citizenship | Canada |
| Occupation |
Bubble Artist, Show business entertainer |
| Known for | The Gazillion Bubble Show, 16-time Guinness World Record holder |
| Spouse(s) | Ana Yang |
| Children | Deni Yang, Melody Yang |
| Relatives | Jano Yang (brother) |
| Website | http://www.gazillionbubbleshow.com |
| Notes | |
An example of a bubble(not made by Fan)
Fan Yang is a Canadian bubble artist.[10]
Early life
Fan Yang was born in Vietnam in 1962; his mother is a Haiphong native.
Career
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
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
- 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
- Mercedes Benz
- IBM
- Hugo Boss
- L’Oreal
- BMW
- Chrysler
- Omega
- Audi
- Carl Zeiss
- Siemens
- Pepsi
References
- ↑ http://english.vietnamnet.vn/lifestyle/2006/03/551739
- ↑ http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/atoz/article_1098692.php
- ↑ http://www.broadwaybullet.com/?p=278
- ↑ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990DE5D7123EF935A35754C0A9619C8B63
- ↑ Sevenload, http://en.sevenload.com/shows/Guinness-World-Records-TV/episodes/cNkR5nR-Guinness-World-Records-TV-Most-bubble-domes-in-concentric-circles
- ↑ http://www.gazillionbubbleshow.com/worldrecords.html
- ↑ http://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/05-2008/fan-yang-of-gazillion-bubble-show-to-appear-on-tod_13856.html
- ↑ http://www.recordholders.org/en/list/soapbubbles.html
- ↑ http://www.bubbleblowers.com/facts.html
- 1 2 https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/09/145_37348.html
- ↑ http://www.internationalspeakers.com/speaker/1484/fan_yang
- ↑ http://www.gazillionbubbleshow.com/artists.html#fan
- 1 2 bubble bath spa soap chocolate at anabubble.com
- ↑ http://wizard2.sbs.co.kr/vobos/wizard2/resource/template/contents/07_review_detail.jsp?vProgId=1000345&vVodId=V0000329665&vMenuId=1005960&rpage=4&cpage=1&vVodCnt1=00133&vVodCnt2=00
- ↑ http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/FU/FU_EN_15.jsp?cid=290682
External links
- Science of Bubbles
- World Records with Soap Bubbles
- Review by Barbara Mehlman and Geri Manus on New York Theatre Guide - Online
- First bubble show in Russia
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