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In "Olé Gitano," the FUSION Dance Theater reeked sex as the six Flamenco dancers stomped their way into our libidos with Albertossy Espinoza and his five maidens, spinning, swirling and touching in a variety of very sensuous motions. This exuberant performance was greeted with loud cheers from the sold-out audience.
Showmag.com-Joseph N. Feinstein
In his sextect "Olé Gitano," Albertossy Espinoza provided a bridge between the program's contemporary and folkloric selections. His amalgamation of flamenco steps and slinky nuevo bolero partnering...... Pamela Debiase served as Espinoza's first and most perfectly matched partner.
Los Angeles Times-Lewis Segal
Albertossy Espinoza's "Trapped" introduced some inventive moves. Dressed in white with red and blue fabric billowing on either side of him and looking like a Greek statue on a pedestal, Espinoza writhed in quirky, twitching agony to music by United Future Organization. Daily Breeze-Elizabeth Khuri
Elsewhere, Albertossy Espinoza performed his strange solo, "Trapped." Angst-ridden, the dancer initially brandished to panels of fabric as he veered from neo-flamenco moves with rhythmic hand clapping to floor gyrations in which he isolated various body parts.
Los Angeles Times-Victoria Looseleaf
Albertossy Espinoza performed his bold solo work, "Trapped" seemingly tracing the road from birth through growth to death's closing life cycle.
Easy Reader-Joseph Sirota
"Trapped," premiered by Albertossy Espinoza, of FUSION Dance Theater, used heavyweight flamenco music for a serious, solo male, dance. He maintained his theme, a man bound and trapped by his emotions, throughout the dance. This emotional strength held our attention.
Beverly Hills Outlook - Diane Monroe
But there was plenty to admire, specially in two of the evening's solo outings: Striking an altogether different chord, Albertossy Espinoza, dancing as a mad zaftig gypsy woman in his premiere, "Un Secreto," spoofed with dervish twirling, nearly impossibly high kicks and emotive floor-crawling, finally flinging his falsies and wig off to a wacky effect.
Los Angeles Times-Victoria Looseleaf
The program led off with Albertossy Espinoza's "3 Is A Crowd." His work with relationships was set to music by Ray Charles; with thematics that assumed a male romantic competitiveness.
Beverly Hills Outlook-Diane Monroe
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