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Frankie Lee III

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🧑🏽‍🎨Founder of #FleeDanceAndWellness
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🎨Artist in Residence #NCMuseumOfArt
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North Carolina Museum of Art presents: “SOAR”: AN INTERPRETATION OF MICHAEL RICHARDS: ARE YOU DOWN? BY FLEE DANCE/FRANKIE LEE In “Soar” FLEE DANCE choreographer Frankie Lee Ill shares the stories and experiences of the Tuskegee Airmen through dance and film. The airmen were significant points of reference for Michael Richards’s artwork, especially their individual and collective triumphs in the face of segregation in the United States. This tribute celebrates the perseverance of these courageous men and hopes to inspire the audience to moments of reflection, remembrance, unity, and love. The performance is followed by a talkback with the choreographer. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first Black military aviators in the US Army Air Corps (AAC), a precursor of the US Air Force. Trained at the Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama, they flew more than 15,000 individual sorties in Europe and North Africa during World War II. Their impressive performance earned them more than 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses and helped encourage the eventual integration of the US armed forces. Location: 2110 Blue Ridge Road Raleigh, NC 27607 East Building, B Level Cost: FREE Dates & Times: Friday, March 31, 2023 12pm & 2pm EST Saturday, May 20, 2023 1pm & 3pm EST Saturday, June 24, 2023 11am & 12:30pm EST Special thanks to @ncartmuseum @mobettergreene @ncdanceinstitute & @jonokafo #soar #michaelrichardsartist #tuskegee #tuskegeeairmen #artexhibition #museum #northcarolina #art #artmuseum #raleigh #raleighnc #visualart #performingarts #fleedance #tribute #gratful #excited
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3 years ago
THE FULL VIDEO OF “SOAR” IS NOW AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE & FACEBOOK!!! LINK IN BIO Soar”: An Interpretation of “Michael Richards: Are You Down?” by FLEE Dance/Frankie Lee III In “Soar,” FLEE Dance choreographer Frankie Lee III shares the stories and experiences of the Tuskegee Airmen through dance and film. The airmen were significant points of reference for Michael Richards’s artwork, especially their individual and collective triumphs in the face of segregation in the United States. This tribute celebrates the perseverance of these courageous men and hopes to inspire the audience to moments of reflection, remembrance, unity, and love. The performance is followed by a talkback with the choreographer. About the Tuskegee Airmen The Tuskegee Airmen were the first Black military aviators in the US Army Air Corps (AAC), a precursor of the US Air Force. Trained at the Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama, they flew more than 15,000 individual sorties in Europe and North Africa during World War II. Their impressive performance earned them more than 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses and helped encourage the eventual integration of the US armed forces.
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3 years ago
Hey! In honor of Juneteenth, I’ll be facilitating a free evening of movement, breathwork, dance, joy, and community care with the LGBT Center of Raleigh. We’ll be creating space to rest, restore, reclaim, and have fun together through intentional movement and breath. Enjoy beautiful henna artistry by Designs By A throughout the evening. We’re also grateful to Carolina Ale House and Lee’s Kitchen for providing food for our guests. Date: June 18, 2026 Time: 6:30–8:30 PM Location: 128 E. Cabarrus St., Raleigh, NC Cost: Free RSVPs are limited, so please register as soon as possible to reserve your spot: https://givebutter.com/juneteenth-2026-raleigh
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a month ago
On June 6, Frankie Lee III shared his beautiful dance solo in response to "Prism 5" and "Prism 7" on display in NCMA's sculpture garden behind the West Building. Adorned in custom-made wings attached to a mechanical motor, Lee performed for approximately 30 on-lookers amongst the artwork and shallow lilypad pond. An ambulance with sirens ablaze went rushing by the museum approximately halfway through his dance performance. But this disruption didn't hinder Lee's celebration of freedom and resilience. The sirens served as a reminder that we needn't stop our celebration of life amidst chaos. Lee showed us that movement is power. Dance is power. Resilience is the key to freedom. And freedom is all around us if we choose to see it. This short snippet doesn't do the performance justice! Towards the end, Lee removes the wings and dances with them in reverence of how they served him just moments before. Thank you for sharing your gift of light with us! Want to see him perform soon? Check out Downtown Cary Park's Juneteenth Celebration on June 20! --- --- --- @fleedance @ncartmuseum @mobettergreene #raleighdance #ncartmuseum #thedanceresource
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From toddlers to teens, high school students to university dancers, seniors to professionals — teaching has allowed me to share movement across generations, communities, and spaces. Through FLEE Dance, I’ve had the honor of teaching modern, contemporary, contemporary ballet, jazz, hip-hop, African dance, stretch, body conditioning, and artist development to students, pre-professionals, companies, and communities across the United States and internationally. This reel is more than a teaching highlight. It is a reflection of the range, care, discipline, joy, and purpose I bring into every room. Whether I’m working with young dancers, elders, professionals, or first-time movers, my goal is always to create a space where people feel seen, challenged, supported, and free. Teaching is one of the ways I get to serve, pour into others, and share what God has placed in me. FLEE Dance — moving across generations, communities, and purpose.
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2 months ago
This Saturday, FLEE Dance will be performing BLACKBIRD at the North Carolina Museum of Art @ncartmuseum This work moves through wings, nature, resilience, and the power of transformation — inspired by the artwork Prism 5 and 7 and the energy of dancing in community. Come experience this free performance in the Rodin Courtyard at 11 AM and 1 PM. Produced by Moses T. Alexander Greene. See you at the museum. 🖤🪽 #Blackbird #NCMA #Dance #RaleighArts #FLEEDance
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2 months ago
Somewhere between Soul Train, Black joy, street dance research, and a late-night funk show host 😆💁🏽‍♂️ This is movement study in real time — learning, practicing, and reworking dances, grooves, style, and performance choices from the eras and communities I’m researching🕺🏽 Excited to bring this research and soul to the stage for Juneteenth. And before that — come see me next week at the North Carolina Museum of Art for my free performance: Still Moving: Prism 5 and Prism 7 as Interpreted by Frankie Lee III June 6 | 11 AM & 1 PM | FREE Rodin Courtyard / NCMA #Juneteenth #SoulTrain #BlackDance #NCMA #StillMoving
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2 months ago
June is moving with freedom, humor, memory, and transformation. 🪽✨ This video is me playing with time — mixing “Let It Whip” energy with the Whip/Nae Nae, while pulling from whacking, popping, locking, vogue, disco, funk, and 80s dance research. Dance keeps reminding me that the past is never really past — it lives in the body, remixed. Catch me this June: June 6 | 11 AM & 1 PM North Carolina Museum of Art @ncartmuseum Free performance inspired by Prism 5 & 7 — wings, nature, resilience, and transcendence. June 20 | 4 PM Downtown Cary Park @downtowncarypark Freedom Dance — a Juneteenth celebration with local artists and community. Still here. Still moving. Still becoming. 🖤 #FLEEDance #Juneteenth #NCMA #BlackDanceHistory #StillHereStillMoving
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2 months ago
Celebrating another year of teaching chair exercise at Abbotswood at Stonehenge — and feeling especially grateful that I now get to teach two classes with this beautiful community. There was a season of my life when I was disabled, using a wheelchair, and simply wanting to walk, move, dance, laugh, and feel joy in my body again. Now, to be able to offer movement, music, stretching, coordination, and fun to others is deeply full circle. This class is something I wish I had during my own healing journey — but that experience gave me so much empathy, love, patience, and a deeper understanding of what it means to create safe, joyful movement for every body. Every time I spend time with the residents at Abbotswood, I leave with more than I came with. I’m learning from incredible people — retired scholars, professors, community leaders, artists, storytellers, and elders with so much wisdom and life experience. I pour into them, and they pour right back into me. I’m so grateful to spend more time with this community, to move together, laugh together, and celebrate what our bodies can still do. Here are a few moments from our time together.
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2 months ago
SLAYING IN SILHOUETTE @adf_dancestudios #silhouette #dance #michaeljackson
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3 months ago
Here is a beautiful snippet of my Site Specific Dance apart of International Day of Dance at Downtown Cary Park. Thank you, Graceful Expressions for this opportunity to explore an excerpt of my new work BLACKBIRD in this beautiful area. @gracefulexpressions @downtowncarypark
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3 months ago
POST #michaelmovie 🤣💚🫶🏽😆👏🏽 Happy International Dance Day #internationaldanceday
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3 months ago
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