From Chennai to North America, Karthik Nats is a South Indian Kuthu dancer who is on a mission to share all the forms of Indian dance with the world. We discuss how he taught himself how to dance by watch Indian actors dancing on TV and movies, how his dance journey took shape from dancing at Clemson where no one knew about Kuthu to growing a significant community on YouTube and Instagram, and now running a Dance Company and embarking on a US Dance Tour.

This is part of a series of interviews with Tamil creators who are shaping the future of Tamil culture.

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