Our Team

Albertossy Espinoza

Born in Ecuador and raised in Chicago, Albertossy is an internationally known actor, dancer, choreographer, director, producer and instructor. He is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and AGMA. His dance career began as a Theater Dance major at Northern Illinois University (NIU). After three semesters at NIU, he was scouted by Joseph Holmes Chicago Dance Theater and offered a company scholarship. Albertossy soon became an apprentice and started touring with the company, nationally and internationally. He also toured nationally and internationally with Soul y Duende Spanish American Dance Theater, Walt Disney Productions, Regina Klenjoski Dance Company, Djanbazian Dance Company, Jazz Antiqua Dance & Music Ensemble and Los Angeles FUSION Dance Theater. His other credits include teaching abroad, guest choreographing for various dance companies and performances in West Side Story, Annie Get Your Gun, Babes in Toy Land, The Pajama Game, and El Barbero de Sevilla. In Chicago he was also a proud member of Joel Hall Dancers, Teresa y Los Preferidos Spanish Dance Company and Winifred Haun & Dancers. Albertossy’s works as a choreographer have been presented nationally from Chicago to California and internationally in Spain, France, Guatemala, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands. 

In Los Angeles, Albertossy has choreographed for the Canadian TV series "Boystown,“ a feature film, “HEELS” and three music videos, "Life is for Living," featuring Julissa Aguirre, “Una Vez Mas,” featuring Elena Andujar and “Fuego Malagueña” featuring internationally acclaimed artist Esteban. Albertossy has worked with Lula Washington Dance Theater, Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre, Zina Bethune Theatre Danse, Djanbazian Dance Company and Santa Clarita Ballet. Currently he works with Mojácar Flamenco and San Gorgonio Ballet. In 2004 he founded Los Angeles FUSION Dance Theater (LAFDT) and made his company debut at SOLA Contemporary Dance Festival. The company has performed in various Los Angeles based dance festivals and was invited to Guatemala to perform the piece “TRAPPED.” LAFDT was also nominated for a prestigious Lester Horton Award. In 2008 Albertossy founded FUSION Performing Dance Academy (www.fpdacademy.org), a 501(c)3 non-profit dance facility to share the art of dance with the underserved community. In 2010, Albertossy was invited by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre dancer, Vernard Gilmore to perform in New York City for Summer Stage. His experience of sharing the stage with Alvin Ailey dancers was a dream come true. In January 2011, by the request of the Board of Directors of Dance Resource Center of Greater Los Angeles, Albertossy stepped in the role of President for the organization after serving on the board for three and a half years. He served another three years as President. 2011 also brought Albertossy to the Malibu Stage Company as a principal dancer and choreographer for the incredible “Victor Victoria” musical. His highlight was when the Legendary Dick Van Dyke expressed how impressed he was with the choreography. In 2012, Mr. Van Dyke asked Albertossy to choreograph the production of “Cabaret” which he was producing. 2013 brought Albertossy the opportunity to teach Master Modern, Latin Rhythm Cardio and Flamenco Fusion classes throughout Los Angeles, and he was invited by the LA Opera to perform in their production of Carmen with Maestro, Placido Domingo. Albertossy joined the LA Opera again in February of 2015 for “The Barber of Seville.” He was asked to play a principal character of the opera, Ambrogio. He recently returned to LA Opera for their production of, “El Gato Montes”. In 2017 he was invited to join the Ballet Hispánico (BH) team as a teaching artist from BH's network of affiliated artists for their CAP program. 2018 brought a certificate of recognition from the City of Los Angeles recognizing his contribution to sharing the arts in the community. This same year his nonprofit organization received a certificate of recognition for 10 years of service by the City of Los Angeles and City of Commerce. 2019 brought Mr. Espinoza more recognitions from the City of Los Angeles and the City of Monterey Park. He was also asked by Comisión Permanente de Fiestas Patrias Ecatorianas to be a Marshal and to lead the 21st Ecuadorain Parade in Los Angeles. At the request of the board of directors, In September 2019, Mr. Espinoza was asked to return to the Dance Resource Center of Greater Los Angeles organization as its Board Chair. In 2022 Mr. Espinoza was invited by the prestigious Chicago dance company, Ensemble Espanol Spanish Dance Theater to perform with the company at the historic Auditorium Theatre. Another dream come true for Mr. Espinoza. 

As a versatile dancer, Modern, Jazz, Ballet, Flamenco, Musical Theater and Folklore, Albertossy has been able to share the stage with some incredible and prestigious dancers and choreographers. 

In his pursue of acting, Albertossy made his debut in one of the lead roles in an independent film, “The Price of the American Dream.” Since then, he has had a lead role on five more features, three short films and a Canadian TV series. Currently he is preparing to start work on a feature as, choreographer, dancer and actor. 

Albertossy credits his mother for giving him the strength, will and drive to push onward in all aspects of life. He is tremendously grateful to his family, friends and teachers for their love and support and especially recognizes his good friend and foremost supporter, Carolyn James.

Erika Lopez

Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Erika Lopez now resides in South Pasadena and is still pursuing her career in the arts. 

At age 6 Erika Lopez began her dance journey under the wing of Albertossy Espinoza, Executive/Artistic Director of Fusion Performing Dance Academy. She was inspired by the dance movements and music of the East Coast. That is when she began her emphasis in hip hop and street dance. 

In 2015 Erika became involved with an organization funded by the Flourish Foundation, Urban Movement. While attending Abraham Lincoln High School and participating in the group, Urban Movement, she began her professional career by beginning to give back to the community in the Los Angeles County. She began teaching in 2016 as Co-Captain of Urban Movement. 

She later was determined that she wanted to continue pursuing opportunities to give back to the community. She was able to fulfill that goal thanks to the Non-Profit organization, where she had her start, Fusion Performing Dance Academy. Erika now teaches the styles of Hip-Hop, Popping, Locking to the students at Fusion. 

Erika Lopez is a teaching artist looking to push the boundaries of street dance and contemporary by fusing these forms based on her lifestyle. Her work is heavily influenced by her educational and street background and she wishes to give back to her community around the world to new generations

Elizabeth "Liz" Altamirano

Elizabeth Altamirano has been teaching Hip Hop dance and culture at Esteban Torres High School for three years under Versa Style Performance, Education, Community. Versa Style, formerly known as the Flourish Foundation, is a non-profit organization that focuses on teaching Hip Hop dance and culture to the youth of Los Angeles. As a former student under VSPEC, she developed a passion for street dance and culture after auditioning for her high school’s dance team Rhythm Impact. Here she trained under Versa Style dance company member Allison Gray, and developed a passion for dance after realizing that she could use dance as a form of self-expression, language, and passion. After attending the University of California Santa Cruz, she returned to share her knowledge and passion to the next generation. 

Throughout High School Elizabeth, aka Liz, began training in Hip Hop dance after auditioning for the school’s dance team her freshman year. She trained in various styles including Hip Hop, House, Whacking, Locking, and Popping. She trained five days a week, 4 hours a day, and gained knowledge about the fundamentals of Hip-Hop dance and history. She participated in both in-school performances and community performances like Versa Style’s annual anniversary Festival. In 2016 she auditioned for Versa Style Next Generation, the pre- professional company associated with Versa Style Dance Company and trained under company members Ernesto Galarza, aka Precise, and Anthony Berry, aka Berry-Groove. After moving to Santa Cruz for two years, Liz realized that she wanted to pursue dance teaching and returned to Los Angeles to continue her passion and returned to join Versa Style Next Generation. Now on her third year in VSNG, she continues to train weekly and perform for the community and other events. 

Liz is also currently pursuing her Dance Teaching Certificate at Glendale Community College along with a transfer degree in Kinesiology. She hopes to obtain teaching credentials at California State University Los Angeles soon to continue with her passion of dance and dance teaching. Once certified, Elizabeth Altamirano hopes to fuse her passion for dance and her heart for social justice change. Throughout her high school dance career and with the help of Allison Gray, she discovered that her voice in dance can be harnessed to bring social justice issues to light, issues like racism, islamophobia, homophobia, and xenophobia, to name a few. Through dance she learned compassion and empathy for those around her, and for problems she didn’t relate to, prompting her to want to teach others that as well.