AC CIULLA choreographer
BROADWAY FOOTLOOSE Richard Rodgers Theater Tony Award Nomination-Outstanding Choreography Dir. Walter Bobbie Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination-Outstanding Choreography FANY Award Winner-Outstanding Choreography (Peoples Choice of Broadway) FOOTLOOSE First National Tour Dodger Productions FOOTLOOSE Japan Tour Akasaka ACT Theater LONESTAR LOVE (B’way Workshop) Dodger Productions OFF- BROADWAY LUCKY GUY The Little Shubert Theater Callaway Award Nomination-Outstanding Choreography GHETTO SUPERSTAR Starring Billy Porter, George C. Wolfe, Producer NY Shakespeare Festival THE BUBBLY BLACK GIRL SHEDS HER CHAMELEON SKIN Playwrights Horizons Lucille Lortel Award Nomination-Outstanding Choreography Audelco Award Nomination-Outstanding Choreography THE LAST SMOKER IN AMERICA The Westside Theater REGIONAL VICES: A Love Story- Carbonell Award Winner-Best Choreography Caldwell Theater CHESS Starring Matthew Morrison (Glee) Ford Amphitheater L.A. BEING ALIVE Westport Playhouse THE PLEXIGLASS SLIPPER Asolo Repertory THE YIDDISH ARE COMING! Denver Civic Theater FOOTLOOSE Director/Choreographer Carousel Dinner Theater BARRIO BABIES Starring Sara Ramirez Denver Center Theater THE LITTLE MERMAID North Shore Music Theater BIG RIVER Sacramento Music Circus TELEVISION & FILM STARS ON ICE EMMY Award Winner-Outstanding Choreography CBS/A&E Specials SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (UA) Seasons 3 -5 STB.UA LOVE IS A BROADWAY HIT Director Peter Lee Lucinda Entertainment THE ELECTRIC COMPANY 2010 (numerous episodes & opening ) PBS-Sesame Workshop Starring Heather Graham & Sissy Spacek GRAY MATTERS Lion’s Gate NBA ALL STAR HALF TIME SHOW Toni Braxton TNT PUPPET Starring Rebecca Gayheart Caribbean Pictures TAINA ‘Gonna Be A Star’ video Nickelodeon ONE LIFE TO LIVE Starr X’d Lovers Musical -DGA Award ABC VIVA VARIETY 2ND Season (all episodes) Comedy Central RED SHOE DIARIES “Emily’s Dance” Zalmon King, Director ShowTime DAVID LETTERMAN SHOW Several episodes NBC SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO Various artists NBC VH1 FASHION AWARDS Tribute to Bob Mackie VH1
CASINO & Cruise TONI BRAXTON “REVEALED” Flamingo, Las Vegas NIGHTS ON BROADWAY ll & III Director/Choreographer Caesars, Atlantic City SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED a Celebration of Stevie Wonder Venetian, Las Vegas Starring Chaka Khan, Peabo Bryson and Melissa Manchester NORWEGIAN JOY Director/Choreographer/Concept Dufry Cruise Services
COMMERCIALS/INDUSTRIALS AT&T Charlex 1-800-OK-CABLE Director/Choreographer BeeHive TV E*TRADE National Super Bowl Brian Buckley, Director INTEL 3 National spots Bob Giraldi, Director DR PEPPER Bob Giraldi, Director NY LOTTERY The Perlorian Brothers PARAMOUNT PICTURES Industrial ARM & HAMMER Industrial RECORDING ARTISTS TONI BRAXTON LIBRA TOUR 2006 2003 EMMY Award Winner EDEN’S CRUSH of THE WB’S POP STARS Live Performances Outstanding Choreography BILLY PORTER Live Performances/Video of a Television Special FREEDOM WILLIAMS (of C&C Music Factory) Videos/World Tour DUWENDE Live Performances AC CIULLA choreographer
“FOOTLOOSE IS MAGIC! THE DANCES ARE JAW-DROPPING”! - LIZ SMITH, NEW YORK POST (Broadway’s Footloose)
“CIULLA’S DANCES ARE AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE ACTION, PROVIDING MUCH OF THE ENERGY THAT KEEPS THE SHOW MOVING. ” - MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP (Bubbly Black Girl Shed Her Chameleon Skin)
“UNDER THE METICULOUS DIRECTION OF AC CIULLA, “NOB” IS ONE OF THE BEST FULL CHORUS DANCE FANCIES OF RECENT MEMORY” -CHARLES EINSTEIN, STAR LEDGER (Nights On Broadway 2)
“THE DANCING IS HEARTSTOPPINGLY, EXTRAORDINARILY, FANTASTIC.” - CHIP DEFFAA, NEW YORK POST (Broadway’s Footloose)
“CIULLA’S CHOREOGRAPHY IS INVENTIVE, CLEVER AND FUN.” -SCOTT CRONICK, PRESS OF Atlantic City (Nights On Broadway 3)
“CIULLA CREATED THE EXPLOSIVE, SENSUOUS CHOREOGRAPHY, A VITAL PART OF THE SHOW ...BRILLIANT DANCING!” - CHRISTINE DOLEN, The Miami Herald (Vices: A Love Story)
“TONI BRAXTON HAD THE AUDIENCE BREATHLESS WITH THE FAST AND FURIOUS INTRICATE DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY” -ROBIN LEACH, LUXE LIFE (Toni Braxton, REVEALED)
“BILLY PORTER EXECUTES CIULLA’S RAZZLE-DAZZLE CHOREOGRAPHY WITH TIRELESS ENERGY.” -CHARLES ISHERWOOD, NEW YORK TIMES (Ghetto Superstar)
“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 (CHESS IN CONCERT)
“AC CIULLA HAS CHOREOGRAPHED DANCES THAT SPEAK TO THE STORY LINE WITH GOOD NATURE AND EVEN WIT.” -LINDA WINER, NEWSDAY (Bubbly Black Girl Shed Her Chameleon Skin)
“GRACEFUL STAGING AND HUMOROUS CHOREOGRAPHY GIVE THIS MUSICAL CONTINUAL SPARKLE.” -MICHAEL SOMMERS, STAR LEDGER (Bubbly Black Girl Shed Her Chameleon Skin)
“THE MUSICAL STAGING BY A.C. CIULLA IS AS WITTY, SURPRISING, EXUBERANT AND JUST PLAIN FUN AS THAT AT ANY MUSICAL IN N.Y. THIS SEASON” -CHIP DEFFAA, CABARET SCENES (Lucky Guy)
“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 (Nights On Broadway 3)
“...A QUARTET OF TWO-STEPPING BUCKAROOS WHO REGULARLY THREATEN TO STEAL THE SHOW, KICKING UP THIER BOOTS TO AC CIULLA’S FLASHY CHOREOGRAPHY.” -MICHAEL DALE, BROADWAY WORLD (Lucky Guy)
“CHOREOGRAPHER AC CIULLA MAKES THE SONG AND DANCE NUMBERS WORK WITH ENDLESS INVENTIVENESS” -LONGBOAT OBSERVER (The Plexiglass Slipper)
“THE STRENGTH OF THE SHOW IS CIULLA’S FLUID AND SENSUOUS MOVEMENT. HIS WORK ECHOES THARP’S, BUT HIS DESIGNS ARE EVEN MORE ATHLETIC AND ANGULAR. HE FINDS EVERY POSSIBLE WAY OF INTERTWINING BODIES WHILE THEY ARE STILL IN MOTION.” -BILL HIRSCHMAN, (Vices: A Love Story)