Tonight Justin Peck’s Year of the Rabbit ballet featuring music by Sufjan Stevens premiers at the New York Ballet. Leading up to the ballet Sufjan, Justin and conductor Michael Atkinson spoke at the Guggenheim Museum about the work. Sufjan, after being embarrassed by a flattering intro (4:40) talks about coming up with Year of the Rabbit (7:00) and most interestingly about his composition process at (11:36). Watch below: