A.C. Ciulla BDC Faculty Headshot

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AC won the EMMY Award for “Outstanding Choreography of a Television Special” for his innovative work set on Olympic figure skating champions for the world renowned STARS ON ICE.

Ciulla was honored with a TONY Award nomination for his work in Broadway’s hit musical FOOTLOOSE and won the FANY (Broadway's Peoples Choice Award) “THE DANCING IS HEARTSTOPPINGLY,
EXTRAORDINARILY, FANTASTIC.” -CHIP DEFFAA, NEW YORK POST. “FOOTLOOSE IS MAGIC! THE DANCES ARE JAW-DROPPING”! -LIZ SMITH, NEW YORK POST.Off-Broadway he choreographed BILLY PORTER's Theatre Guild Award nominated musical GHETTO SUPERSTAR. “BILLY PORTER EXECUTES CIULLA’S RAZZLE-DAZZLE CHOREOGRAPHY WITH TIRELESS ENERGY.” -CHARLES ISHERWOOD, NEW YORK TIMES.

His staging and choreography in Kirsten Child’s critically acclaimed musical THE BUBBLY BLACK GIRL SHEDS HER CHAMELEON SKIN starring TONY winner LaChanze earned him a Lucille Lortel Award nomination as well as an Audelco Award nomination for "Outstanding Choreography."  “THE DANCES HAVE HUMOR AND A CLEANED LINED FLARE.” -BEN BRANTLY, NEW YORK TIMES. AC is currently collaborating with TONY winning director John Rando on Kirsten Child's upcoming 2009 musical "Funked Up Fairy Tales".

He received rave reviews for an all-star Broadway cast benefit concert of the musical CHESS at the Ford Amphitheater in Los Angeles starring Susan Egan and Mathew Morrison. “THE BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE EVENING WAS AC CIULLA’S SPECTACULAR CHOREOGRAPHY THAT FEATURED BALLETIC AND ACROBATIC MOVES THAT HAD THE AUDIENCE GASPING AND CHEERING!” -STEVEN STANLEY, LA. STAGE SCENE.  Ciulla co-created and choreographed the hit Vegas show TONI BRAXTON~REVEALED at The Flamingo Showroom. “TONI BRAXTON HAD THE AUDIENCE BREATHLESS WITH CIULLA’S FAST AND FURIOUS INTRICATE DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY” -ROBIN LEACH, LUXE LIFE. He also staged the six time GRAMMY Award winning recording artist’s celebrated 2006 LIBRA tour and live NBA All-star performance. Other recording artists AC has worked with include NE-YO, Chaka Khan, Peabo Bryson, EDEN’S CRUSH of WB’s “POPSTARS”, FREEDOM WILLIAMS of the dance sensation C&C Music Factory, Christina Vidal of the Nickelodeon sitcom TAINA and BILLY PORTER.

Ciulla created, directed and choreographed the critically acclaimed Broadway musical theater reviews NIGHTS ON BROADWAY II & III for Caesar’s in Atlantic City."A SPECTACULAR IN WORKING OF CHOREOGRAPHY! POSSIBLY THE BEST CRESCENDO DANCE STEPS SINCE CHITA RIVERA DESCENDED ON ATLANTIC CITY A DECADE AGO!" -CHARLES EINSTEIN, STAR LEDGER. AC created the opening ballroom dance sequence for Heather Graham and Tom Cavanaugh in the film GRAY MATTERS. His work has also been seen in many commercials such as the famous dancing INTEL commercials, Dr.PEPPER featuring Travis Wall of "SYTYCD", A musical E*TRADE spot, which aired as one of the top five commercials during Super Bowl 2002 as well as recently directing and choreographing a 1-800-OK-CABLE dance spot.

Recently AC choreographed the debut season of the upcoming NEW version of the classic children's TV show THE ELECTRIC COMPANY. Airing on PBS in January, 2009!