Fan Yang (artist) explained
Fan Yang |
Birth Place: | Haiphong, Vietnam |
Citizenship: | Canada |
Other Names: | Bubble Man Bubbleologist |
Known For: | The Gazillion Bubble Show, 16-time Guinness World Record holder |
Occupation: | Entertainer |
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Spouse: | Ana Yang |
Children: | Deni Yang, Melody Yang |
Relations: | Jano Yang (brother) |
Website: | http://www.gazillionbubbleshow.com |
Footnotes: | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] |
Fan Yang (born 1962) is a Canadian bubble artist.
Early life
Fan Yang was born in Vietnam in 1962; his father is Hungarian and his mother is a Haiphong native.
Career
He has earned international acclaim as a result of his complex displays of bubble theater.[10] 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.[11]
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 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
Corporate performances
- Mercedes Benz
- IBM
- Hugo Boss
- L’Oreal
- BMW
- Chrysler
- Omega
- Audi
- Carl Zeiss
- Siemens
- Pepsi[12]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: VietNamNet Bridge . 2009-11-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100204010242/http://english.vietnamnet.vn/lifestyle/2006/03/551739/ . 2010-02-04 .
- Web site: Bubble artist sets world record - News - OCRegister.com . 2009-11-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090525102431/http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/atoz/article_1098692.php . 2009-05-25 . dead .
- Web site: Interview: Fan-Yang of Gazillion Bubble Show. March 7, 2007. November 1, 2009. December 4, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171204191940/http://www.broadwaybullet.com/?p=278. dead.
- Web site: Gazillion Bubble Show. Laurel. Graeber. query.nytimes.com.
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- Web site: Gazillion Bubble Show! - World Records - . 2009-11-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090724004723/http://www.gazillionbubbleshow.com/worldrecords.html . 2009-07-24 .
- Web site: Fan Yang of Gazillion Bubble Show to Appear on Today Show May 8 | TheaterMania. www.theatermania.com.
- Web site: World Records with Soap Bubbles. www.recordholders.org.
- Web site: World Bubble Records. www.bubbleblowers.com.
- Web site: Fan Yang. November 1, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101016075007/http://www.internationalspeakers.com/speaker/1484/fan_yang . October 16, 2010.
- Web site: Gazillion Bubble Show! - Meet the Artists - . 2009-11-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091217095125/http://gazillionbubbleshow.com/artists.html#fan . 2009-12-17 . dead .
- http://www.anabubble.com/Curriculum%20Vitae.htm bubble bath spa soap chocolate at anabubble.com
- Web site: Fan Yangs Bubble Show Back in Seoul. January 5, 2009. koreatimes.
- Web site: 놀라운 대회 스타킹. wizard2.sbs.co.kr.
- Web site: | Official Korea Tourism Organization. english.visitkorea.or.kr.