RAGE Dance Center

At RDC we offer classes in Tap, Ballet, Pointe, Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Acrobatics and Stretch/Technique. Our classes are geared towards ages 2 through Adult. We also offer a Hip Hop class just for BOYS.

About the new owners:

Brent Oplotnik is a native of Oklahoma City where he grew up studying dance at his mother's studio Applause. At the age of nine, Brent appeared on Star Search and El Sabado Gigante on Univision. By the time he was fourteen, he had been a featured actor in movies showcased on HBO and Fox. As a student, he continued his education working with numerous Master Teachers associated with DMA, DEA, LADF, Broadway Dance Center, The Edge, and Oklahoma City University. Brent's professional dance career began at age sixteen performing with world renowned Las Vegas magician Melinda, First Lady of Magic. Later that year, Brent was a featured dancer appearing with Randy Travis on Thanksgiving Day for the Dallas Cowboys’ Annual Salvation Army Half-Time Show. He has also appeared with other artists including Dino, Andy Williams, Jimmy Osmond, Neal McCoy, and REO Speedwagon. By the age of eighteen, he choreographed “Zuit Suit Strut,” a swing show that toured southern Florida. Other choreography credits include “Red, Hot and Blue!”, “Flash Variety”, and “Swing Dance USA” performed in the live music capital of the world Branson, Missouri. Brent has also created choreography for Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Kentucky. He is an adjudicator and Master Teacher for many national organizations including Masquerade, Adrenaline, Dance America, Dance Masters of America, Elite Dance Cup, and the Miss Texas Scholarship Pageant. He is also on staff with Dance Olympus. Brent's personality and experience has created a choreographer and master teacher who is anticipated and in demand.

Marissa Oplotnik is a native from the Gulf Coast where she grew up studying dance at Robinson’s School of Dance, The Centre’ for the Performing Arts, and Mobile Ballet. She graduated from the University of South Alabama with her Bachelors in Business Administration with a concentration in Service Management. While attending South Alabama, Marissa was a member of the Prowler’s Dance Team and took courses in Ballet and Ballroom. Marissa has danced for Imperial Palace, Beau Rivage, and Hard Rock Casino in concerts, events and clubs featuring Kid Rock, Bret Michaels, and local bands on the Gulf Coast. She performed in the show “Merry Christmas…Baby!” at IP Casino featuring American Idol’s Kimberly Caldwell and local artist Eugene Eash where she worked with costume designer Marcea and was pictured in South Mississippi Living magazine. She also performed in “Balagan”, a cirque style show, where she worked with artists from the Moscow Circus, some of which toured with Britney Spears during her “Circus” album. She first performed in “Balagan” at the Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi and then went to perform in Chicago. In January 2011, she toured Spain with the show visiting Madrid, Saragossa, Seville, and Malaga. Marissa has been training in all areas of dance for sixteen years and has been instructing for ten. She has taught and choreographed for many studios, middle schools, and high schools on the Gulf Coast. Marissa has also worked with competition Dance Magic Inc. as an adjudicator and choreographed the Curtain Call opening number for two consecutive years. She is thrilled to be back on the Gulf Coast with her husband instructing dance which is what she truly loves to do.