芝加哥艺术学院（SAIC）表演系是美国仅有的当代表演系本科之一。上汽集团的表演系在国际上享有盛誉，是在艺术与设计学校的背景下，从事人体表演艺术实践的参与，研究和实验的中心。表演计划的杰出且专业活跃的教师代表了广泛的实验表演方法，从独奏和物质动作到激进参与剧院，性别表演，实验动作表演，表演讲座，重演，网络虚拟表演/混合现实以及策展。
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's (SAIC) Department of Performance was founded in an experimental spirit and is unique in the United States as one of the only contemporary live-performance art departments in an art school at the undergraduate and graduate level focused on performance practice and performance studies.<br>The department continues to evolve in relation to new developments inside and outside the field and aims to be responsive to new ways of seeing and understanding the world in the 21st century, from both student and faculty perspectives.<br><br>Our performance art curriculum combines intensive studio practice with rigorous critical, theoretical, and historical study to inform your aesthetic choices and expression, while our interdisciplinary approach builds on a broad range of performative modes, including live action, performance installation, movement research, tactical and site performance, interactive digital technologies, and performative writing. <br><br>Students are encouraged to consider their art-making process as an interdisciplinary practice that can range across various departments including, but not limited to, Fiber and Material Studies, Sculpture, Fashion Design, Art & Technology / Sound Practices, Film, Video, New Media, and Animation, and Ceramics.