THE
ALEXA ROSE
FELLOWS
LUMA JASIM
2021 ALEXA ROSE FELLOW
Fellows Portraits
by Lila Streicher
LAUREN EDSON
2021 ALEXA ROSE FELLOW
TURNING HEADS WITH INTERDISCIPLINARY VISUALS.
Luma Jasim is an Iraqi-born artist. She performs, paints, sculpts, creates stop-motion animation, and uses dance, storytelling, and other media to pursue her artistic vision. Jasim left her country in 2006 to work in Instanbul, Turkey, then immigrated to the US in 2008 as a refugee with her family. Her education includes MA in Graphic Design from The University of Baghdad, Academy of Fine Arts, BFA in Visual Arts from BSU, 2013, MFA in Fine Arts from Parsons School of Design, The New School, New York, NY, 2017. Jasim received the Juror merit award for the 2020 Idaho Triennial, Boise Art Museum. She recently completed two solo exhibitions in Telluride, Colorado, and Boise, Idaho.
EXPLORING THE BRAVE NEW WORLD BETWEEN STAGE AND SCREEN.
Lauren Edson is a dancer, choreographer, educator and filmmaker, whose on-stage works have been presented across the United States. Edson is the founding artistic director of LED, a multimedia performing arts company based in Boise, Idaho, and named by Dance Magazine as “25 to Watch” in 2020. The company has been described as a “feat of pyrotechnics” by the Seattle Times and since its inception, has been at the forefront of artistic innovation.
BRETT PERRY
2020 ALEXA ROSE FELLOW
BUFFIE MAIN
2020 ALEXA ROSE FELLOW
BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN DANCE AND AGRICULTURE.
Brett Perry is a multi-dimensional artist who believes deeply in the transcendent power of the arts. Born and raised in Indianapolis, Perry discovered the world of dance at the age of 4 and has shared his love of the form with audiences around the world. Graduating with a BFA from The Juilliard School in 2008, Perry quickly moved to Boise, Idaho to begin his professional career with the highly celebrated Trey McIntyre Project.
During the six years of TMP's time in Boise, Perry received the prestigious Princess Grace Award for Dance in 2010 and toured throughout Asia as a United States Cultural Ambassador. Although the company spent many weeks on the road, he cultivated dynamic relationships in Boise that continue to shape his life today. Perry is a freelance dancer working locally and nationally.
PIONEERING A NEW FRONTIER OF CUTTING EDGE, INCLUSIVE THEATER.
Buffie Main has been directing theater for nearly three decades. Over the last 12 years as Alley Repertory Theater’s Artistic Director, Main has become known for bold, risk taking theater that creates conversation and community. As a director she believes that giving artists the space to be themselves and finding joy, akin to the magic of fairy dust. Some directing credits include La Cage Aux Folles, Indecent, The Cake, Rapture Blister Burn, In the next Room (or The Vibrator Play), and Love Person.
Main is a member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab in New York City, and Toronto, an elite group of international professional directors and scholars who study and create collaboratively worldwide. She also holds a BFA in Theater from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri and an MPA from the University of South Dakota. Main loves creating theater where actors can be courageous, the work can be fearless, and the show invites the audience into the conversation while creating connection for everyone.