Born in Aberystwyth, Wales, U.K., Daniel Gwatkin began his training at the age of seven. He received a full scholarship to attend the Royal Ballet School where his teachers included Richard Glasstone and Murray Kilgour. He then joined the Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal (PACT) in South Africa, where he was appointed a soloist in 1988 and the youngest principal in PACT history in 1989. Daniel has received multiple prestigious awards from the government and press for his performances as Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet, Porthos in Three Musketeers and as Spartacus in the ballet Spartacus. Daniel was invited as a guest to the Bolshoi Ballet and received training under Asaf Messerer. Daniel guested at the London City Ballet and Los Angeles Classical Ballet before joining the Company.