A Look Back at Freddie Franklin

May 16, 2013

Today’s archive photo is of Freddie Franklin with Danilova. Franklin passed away May 4, 2013 at 98. Check out our slide show of more images of Franklin. And be sure to read Franklin’s obituary, lovingly written by Sascha Radetsky.

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a male dancer holding the hand of a female dancer lying on the floor with another female dancer moving behind him

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In a black and white archival image, four dancers perform outdoors, tall trees and a barn visible in the background. A Black man stoops to press a kiss to the hands of the woman standing beside him. Two other men, shirtless and barefoot like the first, face upstage, rocking onto their back legs from a lunge, heads tipped toward the sky.

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a male dancer wearing street clothes and sneaker posing in front of a grey backdrop

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a female dancer in a white swan tutu lunging on stage with her arms spread open

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