Flora Devi, actress, Indian dancer and storyteller, was born in Pune, India. She learnt to mime as a child with her deaf elder brother. Her family emigrated to England and settled in Liverpool. She graduated from Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland in Literature and Drama winning awards for her interpretations of Shakespeare. She then went on to act in a series of plays for BBC Radio 4. While in Belfast she met the mime artist ADAM DARIUS and joined his company.

Wanting to find her roots she returned to India. She fell in love with the Indian classical dance form Odissi . In Mumbai she became a student of the renowned Odissi dance Guru SHANKAR BEHERA. She started giving solo recitals of Odissi and then became her guru's parner on stage.

She created multimedia creations combining dance, mime and photography with the photographer
ASHVIN GATHA . For "Devdasi" their setting was the Sun Temple in Konarak, Orissa.

Receiving an invitation from the Government of Mauritius to develop Indian culture, she choreographed the ballet "Atman" which starred Patrick Athaw, the contemporary dancer.

Back in England she met TUUP the Guyanese storyteller musician. She discovered the art of storytelling and formed an Afro Indian storytelling company Tellers of Time. In London she performed with different companies such as the Priory Community Centre and ID, taught Indian Mime at the London Mime Centre and danced in the videos Keep on Moving by the groupe Soul II Soul and "Sleepwalking" by Jerry Rafferty.

Flora Devi settled in the south of France, in Montpellier. She founded the Anjali Association organizing Festivals such as “Semaine de l’Inde" (India Week) and" Fenêtre de l’Inde” (Window on India). Her children’s show "Jantamantra" won the award at the Festival “Au Bonheur des Mômes “(Make kids happy) In Switzerland she directed children for the theatre company Le Petit Théâtre de Lausanne.

The Anjali Association produced her storytelling CD "VASANTA RAGA" to help the French Association for Abandoned Children (AFEA) in Mumbai

She teams up with TUUP for shows for French speaking countries. After Africa, Scandinavia: Flora Devi is now performing an Indo Scandinavian show with the musician storyteller ANNIE GALLAY.

Flora Devi teaches Odissi dance in France and Switzerland. The Government of Reunion Island asked her to make an exhibition on Odissi dance which she entitled "Du Temple à la Scène “(From the Temple to the Stage)

Flora Devi's bilingual shows,( in French and English) are bewitching young and old around the world, from Canada to Burkina Faso , from Liverpool to Geneva ! They are captivated by her joy, warmth and integrity.