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9.2

Cas Public

Beethoven wrote his Ninth Symphony when he was almost completely deaf. Cai Glover is hearing-impaired, and chooses to dance without his hearing aid. What do our senses - or their absence - tell us about our world, and more importantly, how do they guide us beyond our differences?

Perceiving, experiencing, understanding. Hélène Blackburn and Cai Glover plunge back into this breathtaking show to embrace all the extravagence of one of the greatest masterpieces of classical repertoire: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. In this updated version, where discipline continues to guide beauty, sight and hearing fade away at times to make way for the pure magic of dance. The demanding choreography investigates the emotions we give to inanimate objects, and how they can fill the gaps that our handicaps - no matter how big or small - stretch between us and reality. Blackburn brilliantly hands the work over to Glover, who remains one of its talented performers, but also becomes co-artistic director and responsible for subsequent revivals, bringing his own perspective to the choreographer's revolutionary ideas. Beethoven's revisited music is molded into a contemporary, athletic and challenging physical vocabulary, expanding as light plays tricks on us. A daring voyage full of sensations, 9.2 reaches out to all generations, embracing every body, every individual, and transforming everyone into language.

Info

Recreation available in 2025

55 minutes

5 dancers

Specs

8 hours set-up

2 hours strike

Tour

9 people on tour

2 double rooms

5 single rooms

Audience

7 and up

Workshops available

Post-show discussion

why program this show?

  • Beethoven meets Quebec contemporary dance genius
  • Athletic choreography for fans of impressive movements
  • Original and virtuoso reflection on inclusion
  • Technically easy to tour

credits

9.2 takes its inspiration and roots from 9, a Cas Public co-production with the Kopergietery de Gent in Belgium, created in 2016.


Artistic direction Hélène Blackburn and Cai Glover Choreography Hélène Blackburn in collaboration with Cai Glover Playwright Johan De Smet Music Martin Tétreault Lighting design Emilie B-Beaulieu and Hélène Blackburn Set design Hélène Blackburn Costumes Michael Slack and Hélène Blackburn Films Kenneth Michiels With the participation of children from the Ghent neighborhood Rabot Seymanur Kizilca, Evgeni Miroslavov, Chaz Keith Salfamones, Ramzi Serrai, Burhan Zambur Performers at inception Nicholas Bellefleur, Cai Glover, Robert Guy, Daphnée Laurendeau, Danny Morissette and soprano Jolien de Gendt

calendar

Oslo

Showbox Festival

4 décembre 2019

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Breda

BRIK Festival

5 juin 2019

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Leeds

Northern Ballet

3 juin 2019

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Londres

Royal Opera House

29 mai 2019

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Londres

Royal Opera House

28 mai 2019

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Londres

Royal Opera House

27 mai 2019

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Londres

Royal Opera House

25 mai 2019

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Londres

Royal Opera House

24 mai 2019

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Londres

Royal Opera House

24 mai 2019

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Épinay-sur-Seine

Maison du Théâtre et de la Danse

17 mai 2019

20:00

Vaulx-en-Velin

Centre Charlie Chaplin

7 mai 2019

20:00

Bernay

Le Piaf

4 mai 2019

20:00

Martigues

Théâtre des Salins

30 avril 2019

20:00

Martigues

Théâtre des Salins

30 avril 2019

10:00

Martigues

Théâtre des Salins

29 avril 2019

20:00

Martigues

Théâtre des Salins

29 avril 2019

10:00

Luxembourg

Rotondes

26 avril 2019

20:00

Luxembourg

Rotondes

25 avril 2019

20:00

Luxembourg

Rotondes

25 avril 2019

10:00

Cergy

Visages du Monde

18 avril 2019

-

Laval

Maison des arts

3 avril 2019

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Gent

Kopergietery

18 mars 2019

10:00

Gent

Kopergietery

17 mars 2019

20:00

Gent

Kopergietery

17 mars 2019

10:00

Waregem

Cultuurcentrum De Schakel

16 mars 2019

20:00

Madrid

Teatralia

13 mars 2019

20:00

Madrid

Teatralia

12 mars 2019

10:00

Madrid

Teatralia

8 mars 2019

20:00

Madrid

Teatralia

8 mars 2019

10:00

Montmagny

Les Arts de la scène

24 février 2019

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Gaspé

Centre de création diffusion

22 février 2019

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Montréal

Salle Pauline-Julien

13 février 2019

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Huningue

Le Triangle

1 février 2019

20:00

Huningue

Le Triangle

1 février 2019

10:00

Kingersheim

Festival MOMIX

31 janvier 2019

20:00

Kingersheim

Festival MOMIX

31 janvier 2019

10:00

Les Lilas

Théâtre du Garde-Chasse

29 janvier 2019

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Porrentruy

Centre Culturel

25 janvier 2019

20:00

Porrentruy

Centre Culturel

25 janvier 2019

10:00

Châlons-en-Champagne

La Comète

22 janvier 2019

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Cas Public

Hélène Blackburn

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