About Us

CHARLES & MICHELLE GIL (pictured here) - are the owners of Nuroc Dance Company and are both accomplished teachers who now wish to pass on the joy of dancing to their students!

They both taught 1950’s rock n roll dancing for over 14 years and now predominately teach Modern Jive & West Coast Swing dancing.  

During their early years together they were National Rock 'n' Roll Dance Champions.   Numerous titles were won by both Charles & Michelle during the mid and late 1990’s. Michelle and her father, Pat Russo, won 1st place in the 'Father and Child' section of the National Australian Titles and Michelle also won 1st place in the 'Teacher and Student' section of the National Australian Titles.

In December 2004 Charles competed at the Marrickville RSL Rockstars Rock 'n' Roll Dance Championships and obtained 2nd place, beating a lot of Australia's best dancers in the Open Event.

Charles also regularly competes in the Australian Ceroc & Modern Jive Championships and usually places in the top 3 in Australia when competing in the Masters level. 

In October 2006 Charles Gil competed for the first time overseas in the 'Boogie by the Bay' West Coast Swing competition held in San Francisco, USA.  He won 1st place in the 'Novice Jack & Jill Division' and 5th place (with Robyn Everingham also from Nuroc as his partner) in the 'Novice Strictly Swing Division'.  Charles & Robyn were the only 2 Australian Dancers at that time, to win or even place, in this competition.  This was a huge achievement for our Australian Dancers and it really put our Australian West Coast Swing Dancers on the map in the USA!  Hundreds of American's competed in both events!   

In October 2009 Charles won the Strictly Swing Division of the Australia Swing Dance Championships in Sydney and also won the Open Jack & Jill section!  In June 2007 Charles also won the Open West Coast Swing Division at the Ceroc & Modern Jive Dance Championships.  

Charles & Michelle also run the very successful yearly event known as “Best of the Best” which features professional dance instructors from the USA, including, Jordan Frisbee & Tatiana Mollmann (2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009) – the USA’s No. 1 Classic Couple, Benji Schwimmer (2006  Winner of So you Think you Can Dance) & his dance partner Kellese Key (2010) – the USA’s No. 1 Showcase Couple, Robert Cordoba & Deborah Szekely from the USA (2006 & 2007), Chuck Brown & Patti Vo (2007) and Tessa Cunningham & Myles Munroe from Canada (2006).

Charles has made several TV appearances including appearing with Sonia Kruger on Channel 7's Sydney Weekender Show in 2001 and appearing on Dancing with the Stars in 2009 with Bianca Faber from Melbourne.  Charles & Michelle have also choreographed and taught for the show “Dancing with the Stars” three times!

Charles, Michelle & all the staff and helpers at Nuroc Dance Company love dancing and want to share their passion with you at classes!

Other staff and helpers at Nuroc Dance Company are:

Tova Gallagher - Runs the Wild West Venue at Penrith for Nuroc Dance Company!

Tova has been dancing, performing and teaching Modern Jive since early 2000.

Due to the nature of their work, Tova and her husband Darren move interstate  frequently and so have had the chance to live and teach in Canberra, Brisbane,  Maroochydore and now the lower Blue Mountains. Tova has co-choreographed successful routines and produced a very popular Movement Workshop that will teach you great body isolation and movement.

Tova has been learning, performing and teaching middle eastern belly dance since 1990 and likes to incorporate what she has learned from middle eastern dance, jazz and tap into her modern jive stylings.  

In 2007 Tova started teaching for Nuroc Dance Company and she is a very valued member of the team bringing her experience and knowledge to the venue at Penrith now known as the Wild West Venue!  

To see Tova in action please visit our Emu Plains (Penrith) venue on any Thursday night.

Watch the clip below - it's Charles Gil & Tova performing a Modern Jive routine!

Petar & Amanda Pavlovic - 1950's Rock 'n' Roll Teachers for Nuroc Dance Company!

Let's Moove n Groove Dance & DJ conduct 4 sessions of classes - areas that they conduct classes include  Penrith, Birrong, Castle Hill, Rydalmere & Springwood.

For full details about the 1950's Rock 'n' Roll Dance classes please see www.letsmoovengroove.com.au

To watch Petar & Amanda performing in a fun Rock 'n' Roll Routine watch here (they are the couple on the right):