Malucha Solari

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 , she eventually became interested in dance, studying under Andrée Hass. 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. Three years later she premiered Façade, in which she shared the stage with .

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. She died from emphysema on 30 July 2005.

Family Solari married economist Aníbal Pinto Santa Cruz. The couple had three children, including the actress Malucha Pinto.