Daniel Kramer (born January 15, 1977) is an American-born theatre,
opera and dance director. He was appointed Artistic Director of the
English National Opera in April 2016.Kramer was born on a sheep farm
in Wadsworth, Ohio, USA. He graduated salutatorian from Wadsworth High
School. At Northwestern University, he earned a BGS in
Interdisciplinary Arts: Theatre, Performance Studies and Dance with a
Music Theatre Certificate, graduating Summa cum laude. He then pursued
three years of practical graduate studies at the Ecole de Mime
Corporel Dramatique (the technique of Étienne Decroux) in London;
commedia dell'arte with Maestro Antonia Fava in Italy; and finally at
London's Circus Space, now the National Centre for Circus Arts.Kramer
has had a prolific directing career with a variety of stage and opera
companies. His work is known for its striking visuals and emotional
intensity. He began his professional career with Franz Xaver Kroetz's
Through the Leaves, starring Ann Mitchell and Simon Callow, at
Southwark Playhouse: the production was transferred to the West End.
He next reimagined Büchner's Woyzeck and the anti-war musical Hair
for the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill. Both shows garnered his first
award nominations.Between 2004 and 2006 he was Associate Artistic
Director of the Gate Theatre; between 2005 and 2006 he was Creative
Associate at the Royal Shakespeare Company; between 2008 and 2012 he
was an Associate at the Young Vic. During this time, he was noted as a
"directing talent worth reckoning with". His commercial debut was
Martin Sherman's Bent, starring Alan Cumming and newcomer Chris New,
followed by the UK's first national revival of Tony Kushner's Angels
in America for Headlong Theatre.
opera and dance director. He was appointed Artistic Director of the
English National Opera in April 2016.Kramer was born on a sheep farm
in Wadsworth, Ohio, USA. He graduated salutatorian from Wadsworth High
School. At Northwestern University, he earned a BGS in
Interdisciplinary Arts: Theatre, Performance Studies and Dance with a
Music Theatre Certificate, graduating Summa cum laude. He then pursued
three years of practical graduate studies at the Ecole de Mime
Corporel Dramatique (the technique of Étienne Decroux) in London;
commedia dell'arte with Maestro Antonia Fava in Italy; and finally at
London's Circus Space, now the National Centre for Circus Arts.Kramer
has had a prolific directing career with a variety of stage and opera
companies. His work is known for its striking visuals and emotional
intensity. He began his professional career with Franz Xaver Kroetz's
Through the Leaves, starring Ann Mitchell and Simon Callow, at
Southwark Playhouse: the production was transferred to the West End.
He next reimagined Büchner's Woyzeck and the anti-war musical Hair
for the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill. Both shows garnered his first
award nominations.Between 2004 and 2006 he was Associate Artistic
Director of the Gate Theatre; between 2005 and 2006 he was Creative
Associate at the Royal Shakespeare Company; between 2008 and 2012 he
was an Associate at the Young Vic. During this time, he was noted as a
"directing talent worth reckoning with". His commercial debut was
Martin Sherman's Bent, starring Alan Cumming and newcomer Chris New,
followed by the UK's first national revival of Tony Kushner's Angels
in America for Headlong Theatre.
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