Lilian Steiner & María del Mar Suárez/La Chachi Change Tempo Stockholm (Sweden), Melbourne (Australia) / Málaga (Spain)

Lilian Steiner is an Australian choreographer, dancer and performer. Currently, she is based in Stockholm, Sweden, where she has been as a dancer for Cullberg since August 2023.  

Lilian’s practice champions the deep intelligence of the body and its unique ability to reveal and comment on the complexities of contemporary humanity. Her interests extend into visual arts and experimental sound practices where the body is the base for questioning and expression. Over the last decade, Lilian has created numerous choreographic works that have been presented in Australia and Europe.  

As a performer, Lilian works across independent and company environments within both dance and the visual arts. Since 2011, Lilian has been a dancer with Lucy Guerin Inc across many projects and has also worked with Australian choreographers Phillip Adams’ BalletLab, Melanie Lane and Shelley Lasica, amongst many others. She has also collaborated with architect Matthew Bird, sound Artist Anna Homler and composer, JLIN.  

Lilian has won multiple awards in Australia for her work as a dancer, including 3 Green Room Awards (2023, 2018, 2017) and a Helpmann Award (2017) for best dancer. She also won a Green Room Award for concept and realisation for her work Noise Quartet Meditation (2015). 

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María del Mar Suárez, known as La Chachi, has earned her place in the tradition of breaking down and reassessing flamenco, following the path of other outsiders like El Niño de Elche, Israel Galván and Rocío Molina. An actress and dancer, she graduated in both disciplines in Málaga, her hometown. After specialising in flamenco with La Lupi, she trained in physical theatre, new dramaturgy and contemporary dance, before discovering her true passion: the union of all these disciplines.   

La Chachi, is no new arrival. She has been twisting the traditional flamenco language since 2008 to fit it to her unique style, where hybridisation is the norm. She made her first piece, La gramática de los mamíferos (The Grammar of Mammals) in 2017, receiving several nominations and awards. Her second work, La Espera, received support from Teatros del Canal (Madrid) and was programmed at the Teatro Central in Sevilla. Los inescalables Alpes, buscando a Currito (The Unclimbable Alps, Looking for Currito) was presented at Festival de Otoño of Madrid, and in 2022 received the Godot Dance Award. In January 2025, she presented her last work, Lâs Alegrías in Centro Conde Duque, Madrid. 

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Born in 1983 in Puente Genil, Córdoba, Lola Dolores has lived in Málaga since 1988. Her family instilled in her a deep passion for Flamenco, leading her to sing and develop a profound respect for the art form from an early age. She is also self-taught in various musical styles, including soul, pop, R&B, and rock. 

With a diverse and extensive career as a backing vocalist for pop, flamenco and urban artists, she worked with La Mala Rodríguez, among others, touring both nationally and internationally between 2007 and 2010. 

Later, she pursued acting studies at the Málaga School of Dramatic Art (ESAD) and has since performed in a variety of theatre productions spanning different genres and collaborations. 

Currently, she is exploring new musical projects and actively collaborates with María del Mar Suárez’s company, La Chachi, as well as Luz Arcas’ La Phàrmaco. 

As part of María del Mar Suárez’s company, she has contributed to productions such as La Gramática de los Mamíferos, La Espera, Los Inescalables Alpes, buscando a Currito, Taranto Aleatorio, and Lâs Alegrías, the last three of which are currently on tour.