"We're living a script that's already been written" (with AC Ciulla)

Leave It On The Dance Floor

Hurrdat Media

Society & Culture, Tv & Film

3.6 • 969 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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PART 2! We're back with Emmy Award-winning and Tony-nominated choreographer, AC Ciulla leaving it all on the dance floor this week on the podcast! A dear friend of Abby’s, AC has not only made waves on Broadway and beyond—working with stars like Billy Porter, Toni Braxton, and Olympic skaters—but also helped Abby achieve a lifelong dream: having one of her students perform on Broadway. From Footloose to Dance Moms, and from mentoring young talent to choreographing for legends, AC shares the passion, hustle, and heart behind his incredible journey. Don’t miss this inspiring and heartfelt conversation! Join us each week as we rewatch and recap your favorite moments/episodes of Dance Moms, Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition and Abby’s Studio Rescue spilling behind the scenes secrets, exclusive never-before-seen content and more! Abby Lee Apparel: *Use Code: ALDCELITE* for 15% OFF your first order today! www.abbyleedancecompany.com Learn more about the Dancers Against Cancer movement and make a one-time or even monthly donation at imadanceragainstcancer.org Shop Podcast Merch! https://shop.hurrdatmedia.com/collections/leave-it-on-the-dance-floor FOLLOW AC! https://www.instagram.com/ac.ciulla CONNECT WITH ABBY LEE: PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/THEREALABBYLEE CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/therealabbylee FANBASIS: https://www.fanbasis.com/therealabbylee YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@therealabbyleemiller INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/therealabbylee FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAbbyLeeMiller/ X(TWITTER): https://twitter.com/abby_lee_miller TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@aldctherealabbylee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Get up, get on the dance.
0:02.5	Welcome back to leave it on the dance floor.
0:11.6	This is part two with AC.
0:16.5	Now we get the phone call.
0:18.8	Mark got the Broadway show.
0:20.0	Yes.
0:20.6	And I am. This is my first kid on Broadway.
0:23.9	This was my next goal of my life.
0:25.4	So you, this is my favorite story.
0:27.1	You changed my life.
0:29.2	Okay.
0:29.9	Now, I have a girl that also auditioned,
0:33.8	who's asked I drove back and forth to New York City three times for callbacks.
0:39.2	All right.
0:39.8	So I have to be thrilled and happy for Mark the studios late at everyone's thrilled.
0:44.4	My mother, of course, with her rosary beads, praying for the kid that didn't get it.
0:48.8	So Alsmera decides she's going to college.
0:52.3	She's going to New York to NYU for, I don't know, communications,
0:57.0	business, whatever. But she did audition. I remember sitting in Kaufman's department store
1:02.0	on a little chair while she's in the dressing room coming out and I am dressing her.
1:10.5	So we have yellow overalls.
1:12.6	We have this, we have that.
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