Lemi Ponifasio, Elisa Avendaño Curaqueo, and Natalia García-Huidobro

Lemi Ponifasio is an internationally acclaimed Samoan director, choreographer, dancer, and designer based in New Zealand. His avant-garde works, grounded in collaboration with Indigenous communities, explore complex forms of knowledge including genealogy, oration, navigation, architecture, ceremony, and philosophy. After touring internationally for more than a decade, he founded his company MAU in 1995 and began working with numerous cultures and communities around the world. Love to Death is his third collaboration with the Mapuche people. Learn more on the MAU website.

Elisa Avendaño Curaqueo is a Mapuche artist who hails from the Manuel Chavarría community in Lautaro in the Araucanía region of Chile. She has dedicated her life to speaking and teaching the Mapudungun language and Mapuche medicine, composing and playing traditional Mapuche music, and collecting material that has become an important source for storytelling.

Natalia García-Huidobro is a renowned Chilean flamenco dancer. In 1992, she began her career in dance in Mexico when she joined the Danza En Cruz company. Based in Madrid since 2003, she has pursued her distinctive brand of flamenco through creative projects and teaching in cities throughout Europe.