Cooper Union

Advanced Performance

Advanced classes aim to deepen the practice of the student technically as well as conceptually, while bringing up current debates and questions in performance. Advanced Performance classes are offered according to themes devised by each individual instructor. Students are encouraged to develop semiautonomous ways of working over the course of the semester, this includes supervised, independent or collaborative projects. This course will afford students the opportunity to build a coherent body of work.

Spring 2024. 3 credits.

Course Code: FA-395B

Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.
“My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”
From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.
Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.