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Sonal Rangnekar

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Happy World Dance Day from my dance fam to yours! I don’t think anyone can feel their fingers in this photo 😅 @meherdance #worlddanceday 📷: @chicityhero

🧪Slime, the ultimate retro science! 🧪 I put together a slime making event for @nugradswe which was a blast! I used to associate slime with neon green, goopy sludge that only tween boys could appreciate, so it’s been very cool to see the renaissance of slime being led by female slime scientists who make the most colorful, glittery slimes imaginable. I got all the basic supplies at Target, plus some awesome additives like beads/foams balls/glitter off of amazon. I think my slime-making still needs practice, but I’m happy to keep creating more 😁

. 🌈🌼🌸Happy Holi, Happy Spring!🌸🌼🌈

✨Bit of BIBA choreo for this year’s SPLASH class ✨ . Sometimes it’s so easy to get caught up in trying to make choreo look fresh and different from how it’s ever been presented. SPLASH choreo has always been the opposite - the simple, fun, “low hanging fruit” is always the sweetest 🥭Our only goal is to make it accessible to all the students in our class, and I’m thrilled we have 10 students this year! 👩‍👩‍👧‍👧

I ❤️ Cal because, at @ucberkeleyofficial, I felt encouraged to figure out who I was beyond academia (which is even more valuable now that I’m a grad student). On a campus of 30k undergrads, there were endless opportunities to try new hobbies, teach or take classes on any subject, and confront and shape real world issues. ✨None of the experiences I had with @natya.berkeley, @aiche_ucberkeley, or @calband would have been possible without the support of the Regents and Chancellors Scholarship Association or @berkeleychemistry, which institutionally gave me a great deal of financial and administrative support. It was RCSA and ChemE that led me to friends so dear that they’re still my family even though we’re scattered all over the country now. 🌝I’m really proud to say that I donated to RCSA and the CoC during this year’s #CalBigGive, playing a tiny role in ensuring that future students can have more opportunities and support during their undergrads at Cal #gobears #bearterritory #abearneverquits #abearneverdies

~A weekend of spontaneous dance! part 1~ 💃🏽✨💃🏽 Made last minute plans to attend the Harmony festival by @tiffanylawsondance on Saturday night with Utthara where I saw a bunch of fun performances to live music and met several dancers and musicians from across the country! As I primarily engage with Indian dance forms, it was really cool to see how storytelling works in Western contemporary and Afro-Latin styles. I also loved @cyenthia_v ‘s kathak performance to a Shiva shloka. I don’t why I’ve never seen kathak performed on Hindu themes before! 🤔 Somehow Utthara and I got pulled into a cast photo, so here we are trying to pretend we belong 😅.

Happy Mahashivratri! Today I’m remembering one of my first performances with @natya.berkeley from 2014, Chandrachooda! This song was really cool because it was the first time I had ever danced Bharatanatyam to an electric guitar. I had 5 hours to learn and practice this choreography because one of the dancers called in sick, and this was the most terrified I’ve ever been on stage. 😂 miss dancing with these ladies

~Dance as professional networking 💃🏽👩🏾‍💼~ “Never say no to an opportunity to dance” used to be my motto in college. This attitude gave me so many unique opportunities to perform solo back in the day: at the @berkeleylab Culture Day in 2015, the Fei Tian (Chinese dance) showcase at Berkeley, and even the Diversity Fair at @bayerofficial in Berkeley in summer 2014. I’m reminding myself today of how rewarding and unique it was to be able to dance for so many different audiences (and often, audiences of scientists!) I found out that people remembered me for performing, and that conversation starter could often lead to interesting discussions about work and science. A small reminder to myself to today to continue putting myself out there ✨✨✨

Feeling super sentimental because my girls on @natya.berkeley just WON FIRST PLACE at @pittdhirana in Pittsburgh tonight! Dhirana 2016 was my last competition as a senior, and we won 2nd that night (see picture). I’m so proud of the team for continuing to dance with love and dedication, and for coming up with some killer choreography. Their form was impeccable, their emotions were authentic, and the win was undeniable. Sending so much love to them tonight ❤️

💥💥When nothing works in lab, hit the gym!💥💥 Today the project I was staking my thesis proposal on fell through, and I felt shattered. My incredible coworkers shared their advice and words of encouragement, but I still felt like I had no control over what I was doing (#controlfreak). So I went to the gym 🏋🏽‍♀️ I’ve been working out super regularly for the past month (2019 resolutions whooo), with January marking the first month EVER that I’ve spent 18 days doing some form of muscle-building exercise on my own accord. 💪🏾 It’s incredible because, aside from dancing, I’ve always been reluctant to make an effort for fitness. Now my physical health feels like one of the few things I have control over, and it’s excellent motivation to continue working out even on the days where my science fails. It doesn’t hurt that I’m seeing results already through the @fitbodyapp Tone routine 😁

Dreaming of warmer days. #chiberia2019 #polarvortex2019

One step closer to launching our first video of 2019! 👣 . So exited to share @meherdance ’s little tribute to the iconic @priyankachopra soon. In the meantime, go rewatch Gun Gun Guna Re from Agneepath and revel in PC’s dancing, emoting perfection 😍 #Repost @meherdance (@get_repost) ・・・ Taking It One Step 👣 At A Time... . . Follow our every step the @meherdance YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/meherdance) . . Also catch our our next special dance cover of "Gun Gun Guna" coming very soon!!! . . . . #Bollywood #Dance #Chicago #indiandance #bollywooddance