TORONTO – Singer Martha Wainwright revealed Friday she is collaborating with choreographer Christopher Wheeldon on a show that will honour iconic French artist Édith Piaf at next summer’s Luminato festival.
Wainwright announced the project during an appearance on Global Toronto’s The Morning Show to promote her new album, Come to Mama.
Luminato, described as Toronto’s “festival of arts and creativity,” is scheduled to take place June 14 to 23, 2013. Its artistic director is Jorn Weisbrodt, husband of Wainwright’s brother, singer Rufus Wainwright.
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“The last project I did was a record of lesser-known Édith Piaf songs,” said Wainwright, referring to 2009’s Sans Fusils, Ni Souliers, à Paris. “We’re going to be doing something for Luminato with this material.”
Wheeldon, a British-born choreographer and former dancer with New York City Ballet, previously partnered with Wainwright in 2009 to create Tears of St. Lawrence, a 15-minute ballet accompanied by Wainwright’s live vocals that premiered at Central Park SummerStage.
His full-length ballet Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is currently being performed by the National Ballet of Canada in Toronto.
Wainwright and her brother performed at this year’s Luminato in a tribute concert to their mother Kate McGarrigle, who lost her battle with cancer in 2010.
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