Fan Yang

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Fan Yang is a bubble artist. He has earned international acclaim as a result of his complex displays of bubble theater. 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 14 occasions. With a successful run in NYC, Fan in bringing "Gazillion Bubble Show" to Las Vegas February 2008. His wife, Ana Yang, is continuing the show in NY. “The Gazillion Bubble Show is billed as ‘the first and only interactive stage production of its kind, complete with fantastic light effects, lasers, and jaw-dropping masterpieces of bubble artistry, this unforgettable extravaganza.’” ^[1]

1 World records
2 Television Performances
3 Corporate Preformances
4 Toys
5 References

[edit] 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 bubble 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 Show.

[edit] Television Performances

Some performances include;

Late Night with David Letterman; NBC
Ellen; 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
TCS; (Television Corporation of Singapore)
TLC; U.S.A., (The Learning Channel)
LWT (London Weekend Television); CCTV
Canada; BBC
Cirque du Soleil "Soltrom"

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[edit] Corporate Preformances

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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[edit] Toys

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Funrise Toys, Inc. has created a line of bubble toys based on his designs. In addition they also sell a premium bubble soap based on his formulas.

Some of these toys include

The Double IncrediBubble Wand- a large bubble wand that allows you to make twice the Mega-Bubbles, in a variety of bubble shapes and patterns.
The Fan Yang Unbubblelievable Bubble Maker- a double bubble wand and Mini Micro Bubble Blower.
The Fan Yang Ultimate Bubble Toy- two large bubble wands, each with several wand attachments.

Each of these toys comes complete with,

The Fan Yang Gazillion Bubble Solution- a special Gazillion formula that is based on Fan Yang’s own formula,
and an instructional DVD on how to perform some of Fan Yang’s very own tricks.

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