La Venidera

No is the unknown place to which we belong.

No is the image of a burning bonfire.
A bonfire where we burn everything that belongs to what’s established.
No is an alternative that pushes us toward what’s hidden.
We are charred wood.
We are the remains of others.
We are dust.
After denying, we search in the night of life for all the questions that will keep us awake.

Negation helps us move forward and invites us to stand on the opposite side.
“No” speaks to us of concealment, reduction, dematerialization, and even disappearance—whether of people, memories, states, or recollections.
Negation closes, muzzles, silences, denotes nonexistence, and invites its opposite. Yet at the same time, it amplifies the symbolic, fuels intuition, and gives strength to the unknown.

It is not the embers of a bonfire.
It is not all the unknown we face.

This No we imagine is:
Black.
Charcoal.
The negative of a photograph.
Absence.
A lack.
A stain.
The void.

But No is also everything yet to come.
Everything that is empty always fills again.
To accumulate information, to doubt it, to question where we are going.
To doubt as a driving force for seeking answers.
To take the risk of the unknown.

No is the spark that keeps us going.
It is the regenerative, visceral energy that rekindles and blossoms into our creativity.
Negation allows us to find the oxygen that fire consumes—and that fuels creation.

Because art is one of the few places that exists thanks to the negation of the “real” world.

This project by La Venidera marks their first solo work apart from the Ballet Nacional de España, where they have been principal dancers and soloists in recent years. Irene Tena and Albert Hernández draw us into their most personal universe, asking who they are and what has shaped their path in recent years. A vision of flamenco dance through the eyes of young creators born in the late 1990s, fascinated by expanding the boundaries of Spanish and flamenco dance—an ever-evolving art form in constant dialogue with a shifting, turbulent world.

Rubbing tradition against the new generates the perfect space to pose questions and to cast a contemporary, generational gaze on the language of Spanish dance. They will not make this journey alone—among other collaborators, they will be joined by Marcos Morau, who will accompany the young pair in this new chapter of their promising careers.

Co-production with Centro Danza Matadero

World premiere

Performance included in the Flamenco and New Creators subscription series.