About Us

CHARLES & MICHELLE GIL (pictured here) - are the owners of Nuroc Dance Company and are both accomplished teachers who 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/Champions 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. 

In May 2010 we are very proud to announce that Charles received some fantastic results in the USA when he competed at Swingdiego which is a huge West Coast Swing event held in San Diego.  He received 2nd Place in the Intermediate Division of the Pro-Am section with Tatiana Mollmann, 3rd Place in the Intermediate Jack & Jill section (this event alone had over 140 competitors) and made the Semi Finals in the Open Division of the Strictly Swing with Bianca Faber (from Melbourne).

In June 2010 Charles & Michelle competed in 2 competitions and here's the fantastic results received:

Ceroc & Modern Jive Dance Championships - 12th June 2010 - NSW

Charles - 2nd place in Teachers Strictly Swing Competition & 2nd place in Modern Jive Masters Freestyle Competition.

Michelle - 3rd place in Teachers Strictly Swing Competition.

Swingsation - 18th/19th June 2010 - QLD

Charles - 1st place in the Teachers Jack & Jill West Coast Swing Competition & 2nd place in the Teachers Strictly Swing Competition.

Michelle - 1st place in the Teachers Strictly Swing Competition & 5th place in the Teachers Jack & Jill West Coast Swing Competition.



BEST OF THE BEST EVENT!

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 & due back in 2011) Benji Schwimmer (2006 Winner of So you Think you Can Dance) & his dance partner Kellese Key (2010), Robert Cordoba & Deborah Szekely from the USA (2006 & 2007), Chuck Brown & Patti Vo (2007) and Tessa Cunningham & Myles Munroe from Canada (2006).



DANCING WITH THE STARS!

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 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 Penrith RSL Club venue on any Wednesday 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

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