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.
Although at first she took piano lessons at the National Conservatory of Music [es], she eventually became interested in dance, studying under Andrée Hass.
[1][2] Solari joined the Chilean National Ballet, a group affiliated with the University of Chile and founded by Ernst Uthoff and Lola Botka.
[1] After returning to Chile she premiered the work El umbral del sueño (1951), which featured music by composer Juan Orrego.
[1] 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.