Nilima Devi MBE is the founder of the Centre for Indian Classical Dance and one of the leading exponents of Kathak dance in the UK. She is a dancer, choreographer and teacher from India who has firmly established a professional reputation in the West. She has widely performed in India, Germany, Japan, and the UK as a soloist as well as in collaboration with other professional Kathak, Bharatnatyam and Odissi dancers, and she continues to perform and choreograph new work almost every year.