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 L'Ecole de Mime Corporeal Dramatique - the technique of Etienne Decroux in London; commedia dell'arte with Maestro Antonia Fava in Italy; and finally London's Circus Space, now the National Centre for Circus Arts. Wikipedia