A.C. Ciulla
Position
Regional, National, and Summer Intensive Faculty
Dance Specialty
Best Advice to Young Dancers
“Take different styles and teachers. You want to be as versatile as you can be, which will lead to more job opportunities.”
Favorite Thing about an NYCDA Weekend?
"Sharing my passion for dance with the students and teachers by challenging and hopefully inspiring them. Also, the MINIS are a joy to teach and to watch dance. You never know what they are going to do or say....they make me smile!"
Stage Performances
AC made his Broadway debut at age 19 as a member of the original cast of "Starlight Express" and toured as a featured soloist in the world renowned dance company "WAVES".
TV/Film Performances
At age 17, AC landed his first professional job when he was chosen out of hundreds of hopefuls to appear nightly as an "Evening Magazine Dancer" on the entertainment magazine show. He had the honor of dancing next to Michael Jackson as well as numerous other recording artists and appeared in countless music videos including "Here We Go Let's Rock 'n Roll" by C & C Music Factory and performed on the MTV Video Music Awards, Club MTV, The Arsenio Hall Show, BET and SNL. AC is also recognized among avid Star Search fans as Semi Finalist's "Meghan & AC" who appeared on 9 shows together.
Choreography
AC received a TONY nomination for his choreography of the Broadway musical "Footloose". Off-Broadway he choreographed the musicals "Lucky Guy", "The Bubbly Black Girl" and "Ghetto Superstar". He staged the L.A. concert of "Chess" featuring Glee star Matthew Morrison and won the Carbonell Award for his choreography in the world premiere of the contemporary dance musical “Vices: A Love Story.” AC co-created and choreographed Toni Braxton's Vegas show "Revealed" and the musical theater revues “Nights On Broadway II & III” for Ceaser’s in Atlantic City. Multiple film, television and commercial credits including "Stars On Ice" (EMMY AWARD for “Outstanding Choreography of a Television Special), "Starr X’d Lovers" on One Life To Live (ABC), "The Electric Company" (PBS), "Viva Variety" (Comedy Central),"1-800-OK-Cable" (Dir/Chor), "Intel" and "Dr. Pepper" starring NYCDA's own Travis Wall at 10yrs old.
Currently, AC appears as a guest choreographer on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (Ukraine).
Teaching Credits
A.C. has taught workshops and master classes around the world including Amsterdam, Japan, Zurich, Brazil, Italy and Guam. A.C. can also be found teaching at Broadway Dance Center, Steps on Broadway, and the Joffrey in NYC.