From the Ashes’ is the title of the grand opening performance that La Fura dels Baus from Barcelona has created especially for Cultura Nova. The story of the region is told in a modern way with large visual scenes: the origin of Heerlen, the mining history, the dark period after the closure of the mines and the current renaissance; the revival of Heerlen and Parkstad. It will be a large open-air spectacle in which more than 100 people from the region will take part; break dancers, climbers and extras. Heerlen will literally rise from its ashes and a great phoenix will spread its wings over the audience.
