RADAR

Professional Modern Dance Company

RADAR is comprised of professional dancers and educators who have been able to transfer their love and appreciation of dance and movement into fulfilling and successful careers. Company members work all over the city in dance studios, public and private schools, physical therapy centers and numerous community art programs.

04/09/2026

A little over two months until this year’s Summer Dance Intensive! 🥳 Have you registered yet?!

We are excited to once again be partnering with St. Catherine’s School’s Brilliant Summer to offer intermediate and advanced dancers in grades 7-12 the opportunity to develop their dance technique and express themselves creatively during the summer.

The week will include daily technique classes in Modern and Ballet, as well as supplemental classes such as Jazz, Hip-Hop, Salsa and Elemental Body Alignment System (EBAS). In addition to technique, dancers will spend time honing their artistic voices in improvisation and composition classes, and developing their performance skills in repertory rehearsals. The intensive will conclude with a performance for family and friends. Register at the link in our bio to join us! 🕺🏻🕴️💃🏻

Intensive Details:
•June 22-26 / 8:45am-3:45pm
•St. Catherine’s School / 6001 Grove Avenue, RVA
•$450 Tuition
•Register at brilliantsummer.campbrainregistration.com

03/25/2026

Another great Day of Dance is in the books! Thanks to for including us in this event again this year. We always love sharing space with some of RVA’s finest companies!

03/04/2026

It’s that time again! The forecast for the next week has us eagerly anticipating all things summer, including our annual Summer Dance Intensive! We are excited to once again be partnering with St. Catherine’s School’s Brilliant Summer to offer intermediate and advanced dancers in grades 7-12 the opportunity to develop their dance technique and express themselves creatively during the summer.

The week will include daily technique classes in Modern and Ballet, as well as supplemental classes such as Jazz, Hip-Hop, Salsa and Elemental Body Alignment System (EBAS). In addition to technique, dancers will spend time honing their artistic voices in improvisation and composition classes, and developing their performance skills in repertory rehearsals. The intensive will conclude with a performance for family and friends.

Sound like a fun week (it is!)? Register at the link in our bio to join us! 🕺🏻☀️🎉

Intensive Details:
•June 22-26 / 8:45am-3:45pm
•St. Catherine’s School / 6001 Grove Avenue, RVA
•$450 Tuition
•Register at brilliantsummer.campbrainregistration.com

12/08/2025

We are absolutely devastated to share the passing of our sweet Julia. Company member, dancer, choreographer, teacher, and most importantly, friend, Julia was a cherished member of our dance family and we are heartbroken to have lost her. It feels impossible to put into words just how incredible she was, but if you had the privilege of spending any amount of time with her, you already know. She was the most beautiful dancer, oftentimes taking your breath away and always leaving you in awe. She was a gifted choreographer, offering her unique perspective through visceral, soul-baring, boundary pushing art. But most of all, she was the best human, kind, caring, supportive, generous, constant, ambitious, creative, funny, smart, passionate, inspired, inspiring, and on and on and on and on. Julia was so special and so loved by so many. She made a profound impact on our company and the entire Richmond dance community. We miss her every day and don’t quite know what the future looks like without her, but one thing is certain, she’d want us to keep dancing and connecting and making art. So we’ll do our best, always with her in our hearts. We love you Julia. 🤍

11/06/2025

It’s time for another at ! Snacks, drinks and free dance performances - what more could you want?!

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Join us on Friday, November 7 for First Fridays with a free dance performance!

⭐️ Music, snacks and drinks from 6-7pm
⭐️ Live professional dance performances from 7:15-8:30pm

You don’t want to miss it! See you there!

10/19/2025

What a night! We are so grateful to have been included in this collaboration and completely energized by the process of working across disciplines to create Color Block: In Motion. A huge thank you to for trusting us with her vision, to for helping us build this world with his original sound score, and to for hosting and funding the entire thing. And, of course, thank you to everyone who came out on Friday night to witness this convergence of big ideas. Our hearts are full!

10/16/2025

🟥🟧🟨 TOMORROW!!! 🟩🟦🟪

Color Block: In Motion
•Friday, October 17
•Performances at 6, 6:30 and 7pm
•True F. Luck Gallery at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond () - 1812 W. Main St. RVA
•Free and open to the public!

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09/23/2025

We are pumped to be back performing at for on October 3! Come hang! 🕺🏻

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NEXT WEEK! 🥳🥳🥳
Join us for First Fridays at Richmond Movement Center! Music, snacks, and drinks from 6-7pm; Dance Performances from 7:00-8:30pm!

This is a FREE COMMUNITY EVENT! 🥰
$25 Suggested Donation as we are fundraising for our Pay-What-You-Can programming! QR codes will be around or you can always check out our donation page on the website if you love to see what we’re doing here!

We are excited to bring you all another amazing evening of dance in the heart of the Arts District!

Tell a friend, bring a friend! 🥰🥳

📍14 E BROAD ST.
🗓️Friday, October 3, 2025
⏰6:00-8:30pm

Flyer by Resident Dance Artist, 😎

09/05/2025

We are beyond pumped to partner with on her solo exhibition, “Color Block” at this fall! Her show opens tonight and runs through October 19, and we’ll be presenting two original dance works inspired by and in the midst of her exhibition the evening of October 17. More details to come, but for now head to tonight for the opening reception starting at 5:30pm and check out her incredible art!

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I am excited to announce my solo exhibition “Color Block” curated by , opening at on September 5 in Richmond, Virginia. ✨

The Visual Arts Center of Richmond presents an exhibition of work by Visiting Artist-in-Residence, Eleanor Anderson, curated by . “Color Block” exemplifies Anderson’s intuitive processes and material explorations, presenting recent fused glass panels alongside her ongoing series of mixed-media textile tapestries rich with color, texture, and compositional nuance. Wandering within and between these disciplinary genres, Anderson gathers seemingly disparate objects and forms, responding to their disjointedness and fractures through acts of connection—sewing, knotting, fusing, or building with lattices and lines. Together, these works both revere and challenge conventions of art-making, celebrating its often-overlooked spirit of play and collaboration to emphasize the need for unity and joy in our increasingly polarized world.

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06/22/2025

Intensive week has finally arrived and we are pumped! We can’t wait to dive into a week full of awesome classes, including dance improvisation taught by Kara Pendergraph. Always daunting at first, improv ends up being one of the most fun classes of the week with the most growth - promise! 😉 Want to join us? You still have a few more hours to register! Head to the link in our bio to sign up today and we’ll see you tomorrow!

Kara Pendergraph () is a dance educator, choreographer, and performer based in Richmond, Virginia. She earned her BA in Dance from James Madison University and has continued her professional development through training at various festivals and workshops such as the Bates Dance Festival, the American Dance Festival, the Dance Teacher Summit, and Dance New Amsterdam, among others. With over 19 years of teaching and choreographing experience, Kara has contributed to a wide range of programs across the Richmond area. Most notably, she spent 12 years at Collegiate School where she taught dance and choreographed numerous mainstage productions. Since its inception in 2011, Kara has been a core member of RADAR, both performing and creating original work. She has served as the company’s Co-Artistic Director since 2013, helping to shape its creative vision and drive its artistic growth.

06/19/2025

Just a few more sleeps until day one of our summer intensive! 🥳 But before we officially kick things off, meet Rai Anne Larkins, our capoeira teacher for the week. This is our first time offering capoeira and we’re excited to explore this new style with our intensive students! There are still a few spots left so if you want to dance with us next week, head to the link in our bio to register. 🕺🏻

Rai Anne I. Larkins () began her training at the age of 8 dreaming of becoming a ballerina. Since earning her B.A. in dance with a focus on modern technique from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Rai Anne’s professional dance career has spanned 26 years. She has performed as a company member with the Jan Van D**e Dance Group, Starr Foster Dance Project, Z Mullins Dance, and RADAR. Rai Anne has the privilege of sharing her joy of dance with young people as the creative movement teacher for the Lower School at St. Christopher’s, an all boys school in Richmond.

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Richmond, VA
23219

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