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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

Terneuzen

Cultuureducatie Zeeuws-Vlaanderen

23 octobre 2018

20:00

Terneuzen

Cultuureducatie Zeeuws-Vlaanderen

23 octobre 2018

10:00

Den Haag

De Betovering

20 octobre 2018

-

Amsterdam

Jeugdtheater de Krakeling

13 octobre 2018

-

Paderborn

Kulturamt

12 octobre 2018

-

Sainte-Thérèse

Odyscène

27 septembre 2018

13:00

Sainte-Thérèse

Odyscène

27 septembre 2018

10:00

Montréal

TOHU

20 septembre 2018

13:00

Montréal

TOHU

20 septembre 2018

10:00

Charleroi

Palais des Beaux Arts

28 mars 2018

20:00

Charleroi

Palais des Beaux Arts

28 mars 2018

13:00

Courtrai

Schouwburg Kortrijk

23 mars 2018

20:00

Courtrai

Schouwburg Kortrijk

23 mars 2018

13:00

Turnhout

Cultuurhuis de Warande

20 mars 2018

20:00

Turnhout

Cultuurhuis de Warande

20 mars 2018

13:00

Saint-Étienne

Opéra de Saint-Étienne

17 mars 2018

20:00

Saint-Étienne

Opéra de Saint-Étienne

16 mars 2018

20:00

Saint-Étienne

Opéra de Saint-Étienne

16 mars 2018

10:00

Saint-Étienne

Opéra de Saint-Étienne

15 mars 2018

13:00

Saint-Étienne

Opéra de Saint-Étienne

15 mars 2018

10:00

Saint-Étienne

Opéra de Saint-Étienne

14 mars 2018

13:00

Gradignan

Théâtre des Quatre saisons

3 mars 2018

10:00

Bruges

Concertgebouw Brugge

26 février 2018

20:00

Bruges

Concertgebouw Brugge

26 février 2018

10:00

Bruges

Concertgebouw Brugge

25 février 2018

20:00

Illkirch

L'illiade

2 février 2018

20:00

Illkirch

L'illiade

2 février 2018

10:00

Arlon

Maison de la culture

31 janvier 2018

20:00

Arlon

Maison de la culture

30 janvier 2018

13:00

Arlon

Maison de la culture

30 janvier 2018

10:00

Gent

Kopergietery

28 janvier 2018

20:00

Gent

Kopergietery

27 janvier 2018

20:00

Gent

Kopergietery

26 janvier 2018

20:00

Gent

Kopergietery

26 janvier 2018

20:00

Gent

Kopergietery

25 janvier 2018

10:00

Gent

Kopergietery

24 janvier 2018

13:00

Gent

Kopergietery

24 janvier 2018

10:00

Gent

Kopergietery

23 janvier 2018

13:00

Gent

Kopergietery

23 janvier 2018

10:00

Yellowknife

Northen Arts and Cultural Centre

18 janvier 2018

19:00

Cas Public

Hélène Blackburn

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