About Us - Charles & Michelle Gil - owners of Nuroc Dance Company
CHARLES & MICHELLE GIL (pictured here) 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 placed 2nd, beating a lot of Australia's best dancers in the Open Event.
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!
Here's a list of Charles & Michelle most recent achievements in competitions:
Ceroc & Modern Jive Dance Company Championships - June 2007
Charles - 1st Place Open West Coast Swing Division
Australian Swing Dance Championships - October 2009
Charles - 1st Place in the Strictly Swing Division
Charles - 1st Place in the Open Jack & Jill section
Swingdiego - San Diego - USA - May 2010
Charles - 2nd Place in the Intermediate Division of the Pro-Am section with Tatiana Mollmann,
Charles - 3rd Place in the Intermediate Jack & Jill section (this event alone had over 140 competitors)
Charles also made the Semi Finals in the Open Division of the Strictly Swing with Bianca Faber (from Melbourne).
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 - QLD - June 2010
Charles - 1st place in the Teachers Jack & Jill West Coast Swing Competition
Charles - 2nd place in the Teachers Strictly Swing Competition.
Michelle - 1st place in the Teachers Strictly Swing Competition
Michelle - 5th place in the Teachers Jack & Jill West Coast Swing Competition.
Boogie by the Bay - San Francisco - USA - October 2010
Michelle - 1st place in Strictly Swing with Clinton Glasgow - Novice Division with over 100 competitors from all around the world in this division.
Michelle - 4th place in Jack & Jill in the Novice Division with over 240 competitors in this division.
Ceroc Australia Championships - October 2010
Charles - 1st place in Masters Freestyle
Charles - 2nd Place in Masters Dance with a Stranger
Charles - 1st Place in Girls Blind
Ceroc & Modern Jive Dance Championships - June 2011
Charles - 2nd Place in Champions Dance with a Stranger (Modern Jive)
Charles - 1st Place in Intermediate Jack & Jill (West Coast Swing)
Charles - 2nd Place in Intermediate Strictly Swing (West Coast Swing)
Charles - 3rd Place in Open Cabaret
Ceroc Australia Championships - September 2011
Charles - 3rd Place in Masters Dance with a Stranger
Charles - 1st Place in Girls Blind
Australian Open West Coast Swing Championships - October 2011
Charles - 1st Place in Aussie Pro-Am - Pro Leader
Charles - 2nd Place in Aussie Pro-Am - Pro Leader
Charles - 4th Place in Intermediate Jack & Jill
Charles - 2nd Place in Classic Division
Charles - 4th Place in Invitational Jack & Jill
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, 2011 and & due back in 2012) 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 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 Penrith RSL Club venue on any Wednesday night.
Watch the clip below - it's Charles Gil & Tova performing a Modern Jive routine!
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