Faculty Bio - Kevin McEwen

Kevin McEwen (he/him)

Teaching African and Afro-Caribbean Dance, Music Video Dance and Repertory, Kevin McEwen is a native of Brooklyn New York. His dance training is focused with traditional African dance techniques from the countries of Mali and Senegal. His choreographic work highlights topics of social justice, cultural appropriation and ancestral memory, using dance as a creative form of expression. In addition to teaching at QCC, Kevin is a full-time Lecturer of African Diasporic Dance in the Department of Music, Multimedia, Theater & Dance at Lehman College.

As a lecturer in traditional African dance ethnography, Kevin has presented his research at several conferences, including the Season of Dance in Barbados and the African Theater Associations Annual International Conference in Abjua, Nigeria. Kevin’s tireless dedication to educating and supporting young people created a foundation for him to provide mentorship to four young boys from the Southside of Chicago in the groundbreaking documentary, “Walk All Night: A Drum Beat Journey,” which documents the sojourn of these young men back to Senegal, West Africa to study the musical and cultural traditions of the Gewel (Griot) caste of musicians.

McEwen is also a graduate of New York University’s Steinhardt School of Education, where he obtained a Master’s Degree in Dance Education, with a focus on teaching in higher education. This will help in his immediate goal of teaching and lecturing at the collegiate level. His long-term goal is to obtain a Doctorate in Public Health Studies which will benefit his mission of addressing health disparities within the African American community (obesity, mental trauma, stress and depression) using traditional African dance pedagogy and cultural ethnography as a means of community engagement and service delivery. Kevin is currently the West African dance instructor at the Gloria Eve School of the Performing Arts, and an Adjunct Lecturer at Queensborough Community College.

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