Brittany Kernohan

A woman with long black hair, wearing a sleeveless black top and beige wide-legged pants, sitting on a gold framed chair with a red cushioned seat and a gold rim, against a plain white background. She is smiling, with her left foot in a shiny beige shoe visible, and her right hand resting on her lap.

Brittany Kernohan began her early dance training in South Florida.  Kernohan is a homeschool graduate and has been a part of the homeschool community her entire life.  She earned her Bachelors of Performing Arts from New World School of the Arts in Miami where she performed works by Michael Uhtoff, Martha Graham, Jose Limon and others.  She has also attended studies at Ballet Magnificat and the Martha Graham school.  Kernohan has performed nationally and internationally including performing at the Goyang International Dance Festival in South Korea.  

Soon after graduation, Kernohan founded Selah Academy and is the current owner and director.  She has also started the non-profit, Selah's Song, to promote dance education through scholarships for homeschooled students financially not able to pursue dance.  Kernohan is passionate about dance and believes in providing excellent dance education to each and every student.  Some of her students have been accepted to programs at Miami City Ballet, The School of American Ballet, ABT, New World School of the Arts, Alvin Ailey, Dance Theatre of Harlem and Joffrey Ballet.  

Kernohan has previously been on staff at Miami City Ballet as a teacher for the Children’s Division.

Kernohan is an ABT® Certified teacher, who has successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level III of the ABT® National Training Curriculum. She is also a member of The International Association for Dance Medicine and Science.          


What's our mission?

“To change lives through dance.⁣⁣ Wether the student becomes a professional dancer or not, is not our end goal. Of course creating professional dancers is part of our mission, but I desire for even more than that. My hope is to nurture the student’s development of self discipline, determination and passion, through dance. My goal is that these and other fundamentals grow deeply rooted, so that by the time they move on from Selah they can flourish in whatever endeavors they choose.⁣⁣ Ballet is beautiful. Classical music is beautiful. All the lessons you learn through ballet, now that is life changing.”⁣⁣