Beethoven composed his Ninth Symphony when he was almost completely deaf. Cai Glover is Deaf. On stage, he chooses to dance without his hearing aid. What do our senses - or absences - say about the way we experience the world? And above all, how do they guide us beyond our differences?

In 2016, Hélène Blackburn created 9, a landmark work in the Cas Public repertoire. Inspired by the

singular journey of Cai Glover, a Deaf dancer who worked with the company for over ten years, the

choreographer engaged with him in a profound reflection on perception, language and difference. A

veritable muse for this project, Cai is never a mere subject, but a full-fledged player in a creative process

based on mutual listening. Together, they laid the foundations for a work in which inclusion is not decreed,

but lived in constant dialogue - a shared path towards the universal.

Eight years later, 9.2 - marks a new stage in this adventure. Passed on to Cai Glover - now

co-choreographer - this re-creation retains the essence of the work, but takes a fresh look at it, forged by

experience, maturity and an intimate understanding of the subject matter. Together, Blackburn and Glover

revisit the scenic score with rigor and poetry, sculpting a space where sensory reference points become

blurred, where light plays with perception, and where every movement becomes a megaphone.

In this physical and visceral re-reading, Beethoven's Ninth - also revisited - embraces the contemporary

vocabulary of Cas Public. 9.2 invites all audiences, young and old, to cross the boundaries of silence, to

make absence an anchor point, and to recognize in each body, each journey, a potential language.