Aichi Prefectural Art Theater Artistic Director. Graduated from Ochanomizu University, Faculty of Letters and Education, Department of Dance Education, and completed the Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences of the same university. After a career on the stage, Karatsu worked at the Aichi Arts Center as Japan's first dance curator from 1993. She received the first Asahi Arts Award at the Aichi Cultural Information Center in 2000. She has been in her current position since 2021. She was the performing arts curator for the Aichi Triennale from 2010 to 2016. She has produced and invited over 200 productions and projects ranging from large-scale international co-productions to experimental performances. Upon the establishment of DaBY, she became actively involved in improving the overall environment for dance and performing arts, advocating for the rights of artists, dancers, and staff, and implementing measures to expand audiences and markets. She is the Director of SEGA SAMMY Arts Foundation. Her written work includes her book, L'intelligence du corps. She received the 73rd Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Art Encouragement Prize in 2022.