Frankie Lee III is the founder and artistic director of FLEE DANCE. He is a Webby Award winner, 2022 Artist of Excellence Prism Award winner and two-time Isadora Duncan Award nominee. Most recently, Frankie was named a Jacob's Pillow 2025 Summer Ann and Weston Hicks Choreography Fellow.

Frankie Lee has been commissioned by the NC Museum of Art for "Are You Down?” — an immersive choreographic project retrospective on the life of artist Michael Richards. He will premiere a new commissioned work at the NC Museum of Art in May 2025.

Frankie Lee has danced professionally with more than 30 companies nationwide as a freelance artist. Under FLEE DANCE, he has taught for more than 90 organizations and choreographed upwards of 50 works to date. Frankie Lee is a flexologist, certified in applied stretching theory and practice as well as certified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine as a personal trainer.

He graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts with a BFA in contemporary dance. Additional training includes American Dance Festival, the Merce Cunningham Trust, Alonzo King LINES Dance Center, Shen Wei Dance Arts and Spring Board Danse Montreal.