Article: This dancer blazed a path straight to the heartland
May 26, 2011 - Kathy Berdan, Pioneer Press.
Ranee Ramaswamy studied dance in her native India from age 7 to 17, but she never expected it to become her life's work.
Today, as she receives the McKnight Distinguished Artist Award, she looks back at the unlikely path that led her to become the first dancer to win the $50,000 prize, given annually to an artist who has made significant long-term contributions to Minnesota's cultural life...