With Delight

short - 2022 - 3 minutes

Created in conjunction with Works & Process at the Guggenheim, With Delight is a collaboration between esteemed dancer Michael Trusnovec and award-winning filmmaker Jessica Edwards. Sometimes a piece of music dances, containing an energy that is hard to resist. Through Beethoven’s “Kakadu” Variations, Trusnovec and Edwards connected to the hope on the horizon and transformed it into a playful duet between dancer and camera. The iconic Bell Works building, originally designed in 1958 by modernist architect Eero Saarinen, provided the ultimate light-filled setting.

Works & Process at the Guggenheim
Described by The New York Times as “an exceptional opportunity to understand something of the creative process,” for 35 years, New Yorkers have been able to see, hear, and meet the most acclaimed artists in the world, in an intimate setting unlike any other. Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim, has championed new works and offered audiences unprecedented access to generations of leading creators and performers. Most performances take place in the Guggenheim’s Frank Lloyd Wright–designed 273-seat Peter B. Lewis Theater. In 2017, Works & Process established a commissioning program, inviting artists to create new works, made in and for the iconic Guggenheim rotunda. In 2020, Works & Process Artists (WPA) Virtual Commissions was created to financially support artists and nurture their creative process during the pandemic. worksandprocess.org.

Choreographed and danced by Michael Trusnovec
Directed by Jessica Edwards
Music: Ludwig Van Beethoven Trio No. 11 in G major “Kakadu Variations” op.121.a, Var. 1-3
Daniel Barenboim, Piano
Michael Barenboim, Violin
Kian Soltani, Cello
Space generously provided by Bell Works