Sam McIntosh is a lecturer of dance in the BW Conservatory of Performing Arts. He is also a dancer, choreographer and hip-hop ambassador specializing in various street styles, specifically popping, animation and boogaloo.
He has been dancing for 15 years, learning from some of the most influential dancers and pioneers such as the Poppin Pete, Jazzy J, Sweepy, the Electric Boogaloo, Slick Dogg of G-Style, Brian “Footwork” Green, Elite Force Crew and many more. His first teachers/mentors were valley-style locking legend Richard Lechner and fellow Cleveland native Anthony “Tony Fresh” Velez. He founded the hip-hop dance organization 10K Movement in 2020.
McIntosh has competed, placed and won nationally and internationally at some of the most renowned street dance events across the United States, including Step Ya Game Up in New York City (quarter-finalist), Kings of New York International Popping Battle (finalist), Out Of The Shadows in Chicago (winner), Nightmare on Rockwell St. in Chicago (finalist), Under Pressure: International Street Dance and Graffiti Convention in Montreal (semi-finalist) and Freestyle Session in Los Angeles.
He has also premiered, staged, performed work and given lectures in Greater Cleveland and across Ohio, notably the Cleveland Dance Festival, Severance Music Hall, the historic Karamu House and Kent State University. He has worked nationally at Peridance Center, Cutting Room NYC, Gibney Dance Center in New York City, The 25th Anniversary Pro AM Jam in Miami and the American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina.
McIntosh is also an administrative professional. In 2016, he received the Arts Administration Fellowship from the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture in Cleveland. He has been an award recipient of the 2019 Cleveland Arts Prize Verge Fellowship, the 2020 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award and a 2020 College of the Arts distinguished alumni and faculty award recipient, receiving the Arts Advocacy Award.
