Malucha Solari
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| birth_name = María Luisa Solari Mongrio
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|12|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Matagalpa, Nicaragua
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|07|30|1920|12|24|df=yes}}
| death_place = Santiago, Chile
| resting_place = Parque del Recuerdo
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| occupation = Ballerina, choreographer
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| spouse = Aníbal Pinto Santa Cruz
| children = Malucha Pinto
| awards = National Prize for Performing and Audiovisual Arts (2001)
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María Luisa "Malucha" Solari Mongrio (24 December 1920 – 30 July 2005) was a Nicaraguan-Chilean ballerina and choreographer, winner of the National Prize for Performing and Audiovisual Arts.
Biography
Malucha Solari was born in the Nicaraguan city of Matagalpa, moving to Chile with her family in 1929. Although at first she took piano lessons at the {{ill|National Conservatory of Music (Chile)|es|Conservatorio Nacional de Música (Chile)|lt=National Conservatory of Music}}, she eventually became interested in dance, studying under Andrée Hass.{{Cite web |url=http://www.memoriachilena.cl/602/w3-article-3585.html |title=María Luisa Solari Mongrío (1920–2005) |work=Memoria Chilena |language=Spanish |access-date=21 November 2018}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.artes.uchile.cl/presentacion/historia/grandes-figuras/premios-nacionales/teatro-y-artes-de-la-representacion/6517/maria-luisa-solari-mongrio |title=María Luisa Solari Mongrio |publisher=University of Chile Faculty of Arts |language=Spanish |access-date=21 November 2018}} Solari joined the Chilean National Ballet, a group affiliated with the University of Chile and founded by Ernst Uthoff and Lola Botka. Her first performance with the ballet was the work Coppélia, where she portrayed the character Swanilda.
In 1947, thanks to a scholarship, she traveled to the United Kingdom to perfect her technique. After returning to Chile she premiered the work El umbral del sueño (1951), which featured music by composer Juan Orrego.{{Cite web |url=http://www.memoriachilena.cl/602/w3-article-95804.html |title=El Umbral del Sueño |work=Memoria Chilena |language=Spanish |access-date=21 November 2018}} Three years later she premiered Façade, in which she shared the stage with {{ill|Patricio Bunster|es}}. In 1966 she created the Ballet de Cámara, a dance group formed under the auspices of the University of Chile's Institute of Musical Extension, with the intent of making tours throughout the country.{{Cite web |url=http://www.memoriachilena.cl/602/w3-article-95801.html |title=BALCA |work=Memoria Chilena |access-date=21 November 2018}}
In 1967 she traveled to Moscow to study with Eugene Valukin. Upon her return to Chile she helped create the National Choreographic School and the Ministry of Education's Youth Ballet. Years later she formed the Chilean Dance Council and the University ARCIS School of Dance.
Solari won Chile's National Prize for Performing and Audiovisual Arts in August 2001.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/cultura/malucha-solari-obtuvo-premio-nacional-de-arte/2001-08-29/191700.html |title=Malucha Solari obtuvo Premio Nacional de Arte |publisher=Radio Cooperativa |language=Spanish |date=29 August 2001 |access-date=21 November 2018}} She died from emphysema on 30 July 2005.{{Cite web |url=http://www.uchile.cl/undin2/actuales/noti4870.shtml |title=La bailarina y coreógrafa Malucha Solari murió a los 84 años |trans-title=The Ballerina and Choreographer Malucha Solari Dies at Age 84 |publisher=University of Chile |language=Spanish |date=1 August 2005 |access-date=21 November 2018}}
Family
Solari married economist Aníbal Pinto Santa Cruz. The couple had three children, including the actress Malucha Pinto.{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.caras.cl/cultura-espectaculos-y-tv/2012/06/el-arte-de-amar/ |title=El arte de amar |first=Lenka |last=Carvallo |magazine=Caras |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622124135/http://www.caras.cl/cultura-espectaculos-y-tv/2012/06/el-arte-de-amar/ |archive-date=22 June 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=21 November 2018}}
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Category:Ballet choreographers
Category:Deaths from emphysema
Category:People from Matagalpa
Category:Academic staff of the University of Chile
Category:Chilean women choreographers