BROADWAY
FOOTLOOSE Richard Rodgers Theater Tony Award Nomination-Outstanding Choreography Dir. Walter BobbieOuter Critics Circle Award Nomination-Outstanding ChoreographyFANY Award Winner-Outstanding Choreography (Peoples Choice of Broadway)FOOTLOOSE First National Tour Dodger ProductionsFOOTLOOSE Japan Tour Akasaka ACT TheaterLONESTAR LOVE (B’way Workshop) Dodger Productions
OFF- BROADWAYLUCKY GUY The Little Shubert TheaterCallaway 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 ChoreographyTHE LAST SMOKER IN AMERICA The Westside Theater
REGIONALVICES: A Love Story- Carbonell Award Winner-Best Choreography Caldwell TheaterCHESS Starring Matthew Morrison (Glee) Ford Amphitheater L.A.BEING ALIVE Westport PlayhouseTHE PLEXIGLASS SLIPPER Asolo RepertoryTHE YIDDISH ARE COMING! Denver Civic TheaterFOOTLOOSE Director/Choreographer Carousel Dinner TheaterBARRIO BABIES Starring Sara Ramirez Denver Center TheaterTHE LITTLE MERMAID North Shore Music TheaterBIG RIVER Sacramento Music Circus
TELEVISION & FILM STARS ON ICE EMMY Award Winner-Outstanding Choreography CBS/A&E SpecialsSO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (UA) Seasons 3 -5 STB.UALOVE IS A BROADWAY HIT Director Peter Lee Lucinda Entertainment THE ELECTRIC COMPANY 2010 (numerous episodes & opening ) PBS-Sesame Workshop GRAY MATTERS Starring Heather Graham & Sissy Spacek Lion’s Gate NBA ALL STAR HALF TIME SHOW Toni Braxton TNTPUPPET Starring Rebecca Gayheart Caribbean PicturesTAINA ‘Gonna Be A Star’ video NickelodeonONE LIFE TO LIVE Starr X’d Lovers Musical -DGA Award ABCVIVA VARIETY 2ND Season (all episodes) Comedy CentralRED SHOE DIARIES “Emily’s Dance” Zalmon King, Director ShowTimeDAVID LETTERMAN SHOW Several episodes NBCSHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO Various artists NBCVH1 FASHION AWARDS Tribute to Bob Mackie VH1
CASINO & CruiseTONI BRAXTON “REVEALED” Flamingo, Las VegasNIGHTS ON BROADWAY ll & III Director/Choreographer Caesars, Atlantic CitySIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED a Celebration of Stevie Wonder Venetian, Las VegasStarring Chaka Khan, Peabo Bryson and Melissa Manchester NORWEGIAN JOY Director/Choreographer/Concept Dufry Cruise Services
COMMERCIALS/INDUSTRIALS
AT&T Charlex1-800-OK-CABLE Director/Choreographer BeeHive TVE*TRADE National Super Bowl Brian Buckley, DirectorINTEL 3 National spots Bob Giraldi, DirectorDR PEPPER Bob Giraldi, Director NY LOTTERY The Perlorian Brothers PARAMOUNT PICTURES IndustrialARM & HAMMER Industrial
RECORDING ARTISTS TONI BRAXTON LIBRA TOUR 2006EDEN’S CRUSH of THE WB’S POP STARS Live PerformancesBILLY PORTER Live Performances/Video FREEDOM WILLIAMS (of C&C Music Factory) Videos/World TourDUWENDE Live Performances
AC CIULLA choreographer
2003 EMMY Award Winner
Outstanding Choreography of a Television Special
“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 CHOREOGRAPHYTHAT 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)
AC CIULLA choreographer
