Prerana Shrimali is one of the leading senior Kathak dancers in India today. She trained under Shri Kundanlal Gangani of the Jaipur Gharana.  Her contribution in the field of classical art was recognized by the highest body for classical arts in India The Central Sangeet Natak Akademi, Delhi and conferred the SNA award in the year 2009 by the President of India.

She has evolved an individual style and gained wide popularity as a soloist. Prerana Shrimali has participated in several international festivals, dance seminars and conferences and has featured in the festival of India in the U.K., the former USSR, the Asian Performing Arts Festival in Japan, the Avignon Festival in France, and the Dance Festival in Switzerland to name a few.  In the U.S, she has performed at Lincoln center and Carnegie Hall, New York, and presented a series of performances in Jordan, Syria, Muscat Bangladesh, Pakistan, Algeria, and Italy.

Prerana has been awarded the Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the Raza award, the Keshav Smriti Award and many more. She has taught at the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Kathak Kendra and Shri Ram Bharatiya Kala Kendra. She is now based in Jaipur and trains students at her institute, ‘Kalaavart’.