"In Jest" Shows, Keynotes, and More with Nels Ross Cremean - Variety Artist - Clean Comedian - Keynote Speaker - Professional Oddball - Buffalo, New York, USA
Nels Ross works solo and with others to "defy gravity and spread joy" across North America and abroad through comedy variety shows, keynotes, ministry, arts-in-education, and more. With nearly three decades of experience as a professional oddball, Nels is a highly sought after performer and presenter who has won the hearts of thousands with his contagious sense of humor and playfulness.
Named Nels Ross Cremean at birth, Nels uses his middle name for performing and presenting. "It's easier for people to spell and remember," he says, "Plus it confuses creditors and crazy relatives who keep trying to find me."
The seeds were planted for a life of foolishness when Nels went to his first performing arts workshops at eight years old. During the next decade, he studied physical comedy, juggling, acting, and other arts, applying his talents everywhere from street festivals to theatrical productions.
Since those early days, Nels has studied theater at the University at Buffalo, completed degrees in mathematics and education, toured with a non-profit circus, trained with instructors from Ringling Brothers and Cirque du Soleil, written for Juggle magazine, helped produce shows and commercials, taught performing arts courses and workshops, and provided shows and presentations for countless companies, organizations, and events.
Currently CEO of In Jest, Inc., based in Buffalo, New York, Nels continues to defy gravity wherever he goes. "I do that with my juggling," he relates, "but my greater purpose is to defy undue graveness or 'terminal seriousness' and to help people find more joy in life."
When he is not entertaining, educating, or uplifting others, Nels lives and laughs with his wife and five children.*
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