A show inspired by the classic postcard of the Latin imagination, with feathers, dances and recognizable rhythms, falls apart. What at first seems like an entertaining show overflowing with brilliance and fantasy begins to crack. Pepo Silva directs this GAM dance production, the result of an artistic residency carried out in 2025 with performers chosen by national call.
Origins and collapses and after that, the dance. Thus was born MAJAMAMA, a "body manifesto disguised as a spectacle", according to its creators, which comes to GAM as a celebration of the impure, of the amorphous power of the mestizo.
"We thought about creating a work that would talk about our origins, but we couldn't find them. Everything that surrounded us seemed close to us, and at the same time, foreign. We discovered ourselves as huachos with a broken heritage, mestizo bodies, quilters who respond to many names without completely belonging to any. In that confused and jumbled genealogy, a power also appears: that of being many things at the same time. Thus, we become indecipherable, unclassifiable and indomitable," he says. Pepo Silva, director of the montage created in an artistic residency and which has six performers.
The piece is presented as a "corporeal manifesto that disguises itself as a spectacle", and arrives at GAM as a celebration of the unfinished: a puzzle of Latin pieces that resist being ordered and classified, seeking the power of the encounter in diversity.
"Majamama is a sweaty song from the open wound of Latin America, where heat is not just temperature, but an aesthetic, a politics and a way of being together without asking permission," emphasizes Silva.
Direction and dramaturgy: Pepo Silva | Creative Assistance: Betania González | Dramaturgical Assistance: Bruce Gibbons | Musical production and creation: Pablo Contreras | Scenic Design: Rocio Hernández | Scenographic realization: Carlos Mangas | Production and assembly: Moisés Arcos | Technical manager: Matías Segura | Costume design and production: Althía Cereceda | Production: Pepo Silva - Betania González | Creation and Performativity: Francisca Espinoza, Mónica Casanueva, Gabriela Suazo, Víctor Morales, Nicolás Gatica, Javier Muñoz. Guest: Mariel Bracamonte | Communication advice: Nicolás Gatica | Acknowledgements: Lander Patrick, Lucas Damiani, Nova Materia (Caroline Chaspoul and Eduardo Henriquez), Felicitás Friedrich, Isabel Silva, Daniel Marabolí, Omar Morán, Marcela Santander, María José Cifuentes, Pro-Dança Portugal, Rodrigo Rojas, Plataforma Azul, Espacio Flor de Agua. | Produces: Gabriela Mistral GAM Cultural Center
July 23 to 26, 2026
Thu to Sat — 8 p.m.
Sun — 6 p.m.
Sala N1 (Edificio B, piso 2)
$9,000 General
$6,300 Seniors, students, caregivers and people with disabilities.
$5,850 General every Thursday
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-20% discount for Club La Tercera members.
-30% discount for members of the Theater Network Network.
-2x1 General. BiblioGAM Membership and GAM Teachers Membership only on Fridays.
-50% discount only on Fridays for students of performing and musical arts, schools artistic and partners of SIDARTE, SINATTAD, SCD, ADTRESS, CHILE ACTORS.
*Exclusive discounts for the general value. Not combinable with other promotions.
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14+ years | Duration: 55 min
Accessibility
This work features loud music, booming sounds and flashes of light.
Previous Seasons
Majamama had a creative residency during the second half of 2025, premiering the work with a season from Nov 28 to Dec 7, 2025. In January 2026, it returned to the stage at the Teatro a Mil International Festival, between the 15th and 17th of that month.