After leaving the Ballet Nacional de España, Albert Hernández and Irene Tena encountered numerous obstacles, but this resistance strengthened their desire to continue dancing and creating independently. This experience was the starting point for founding their own company, La Venidera, with the aim of expanding the horizons of Spanish dance and flamenco, bringing a contemporary perspective.

Their work No, which will be performed on April 15 at the Teatre Rialto in València as part of the Dansa València festival, arises precisely from these negations. The piece, danced around a bonfire, uses fire as a symbolic element to burn what is established and open space for the unexpected. According to the synopsis, 'we are calcined wood, dust. But No is also the trigger that makes us continue. Because art is one of the places par excellence that exists thanks to the negation of the real world'.

The company La Venidera uses elements such as earth, fire, and wood to dialogue about the importance of breaking with tradition and updating dance. The set design of No is inspired by the cultural legacy of Spanish dance, bringing it closer to contemporary society. The link between flamenco and wood, which evokes the world of the tablao, and the connection with the artisanal and organic, are fundamental to their proposal.

Tena emphasizes that their purpose is not to be disruptive per se, but to learn from tradition and confront it with the present to find their own identity. This process involves breaking molds and demonstrating that Spanish dance can reinvent itself without losing its essence. The constant evolution of the show and the questions it generates about the past, present, and future of Spanish dance are the driving force of this duo, which transforms negatives into a creative impulse.