Creative Alliance provides venue space for
Music, Performance & Film, Youth & Family, Festivals & Community, Exhibitions, Classes, Fundraisers, and Signature Events.
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Calling all Divas, Vixens, Sirens, Vamps, and Bombshells! This fun and empowering workshop is for non-belly dancers and belly dancers who want to explore a bolder side of themselves. This class was created to pull many out of their comfort zone and bring forth an all new level of self confidence with emphasis on style, grace & stage presence.
Are you ready to finally take the leap and see what burlesque is all about? Or, are you a current performer who is thinking about reimagining your relationship to burlesque?
Our team of experienced burlesque instructors will guide you through becoming a burlesque performer inside and out. We will progress through act creation from start to finish while incorporating mindful techniques for both on and off the stage. Essential Tease is the ideal starting point for truly transformative acts! This eight-week in-person workshop series is conducted at Creative Alliance in Baltimore, MD, and concludes with a ticketed, live student showcase!
Registration includes eight weeks of prepared lessons, out-of-class coaching and one-on-one mentorship, complimentary costume add-ons and crafting sessions, access to an online community with your peers, as well as the opportunity to rehearse and perform in a student showcase on the Creative Alliance main stage!
Essential Tease welcomes ALL gender identities, abilities, ages, sexualities, races, religions, AND experience levels. All humans welcome, and all bodies are burlesque bodies!
If you think “the good old days” of the “business of show” was the conclusion of the last century, oh, nay nay. Sideshow historian and museum creator James Taylor takes you on the wild ride that – in the “modern era” of the last several hundred years – is the broad picture of the industry, from circus to world’s fairs to dime museums to wild west shows to burlesque and beyond.
Ukulele is back! Join seasoned musician and teacher Bob Friedman in our NEW Creativity Center for one of our most popular classes! Bring your own instrument and learn two to three songs in each engaging lesson.
Join BmoreTrivia in the awesome Creative Alliance bar, the Marquee Lounge, for this super fun summer trivia series! General trivia featuring 4 fun rounds + final questions.
Join us for In the Medium, a new craft night at Creative Alliance in the Marquee Lounge! Gather with fellow artists, makers, and crafters to work on current projects or start something new. Feeling uninspired? We'll have artist prompts to help you get started, and of course, the bar will be open for drinks! Worried that you aren't good enough...? You belong! This night is for everyone, from dabblers to professionals. Let's hang out and make something fun!
Route 66 – A Journey to Learn About The Blues
This is one of the most popular blues songs of all time! Learn the history, sound and styles of blues singing. Then get ready to take a trip to learn how to sing the sound of the blues
Create a glowing lantern for The Great Halloween Lantern Parade & Festival! Create the next great lantern! This year we explore the animals that live in our beautiful park at night—think bats, owls, rats, foxes, moths, racoons, and night blue herons! Bring your lantern back to our spectacular parade on Saturday, October 21st (Rain Date: October 22nd), and you can shine bright through the night!
In Painting For Life, learn to paint from the heart! Through meditation, inspiration, and creation, this workshop invites a letting go of control and embracing your artistic impulses. Enter a flow state and express yourself from a place of intuition and integrity. The workshop closes with reflecting on the process and creations and offering support and affirmation as a generous community. Painting for Life is a 2-hour process art painting workshop conducted virtually on Zoom!
Are you ready to finally take the leap and see what burlesque is all about? Or, are you a current performer who is thinking about reimagining your relationship to burlesque?
Our team of experienced burlesque instructors will guide you through becoming a burlesque performer inside and out. We will progress through act creation from start to finish while incorporating mindful techniques for both on and off the stage. Essential Tease is the ideal starting point for truly transformative acts! This eight-week in-person workshop series is conducted at Creative Alliance in Baltimore, MD, and concludes with a ticketed, live student showcase!
Registration includes eight weeks of prepared lessons, out-of-class coaching and one-on-one mentorship, complimentary costume add-ons and crafting sessions, access to an online community with your peers, as well as the opportunity to rehearse and perform in a student showcase on the Creative Alliance main stage!
Essential Tease welcomes ALL gender identities, abilities, ages, sexualities, races, religions, AND experience levels. All humans welcome, and all bodies are burlesque bodies!
Create a glowing lantern for The Great Halloween Lantern Parade & Festival! Create the next great lantern! This year we explore the animals that live in our beautiful park at night—think bats, owls, rats, foxes, moths, racoons, and night blue herons! Bring your lantern back to our spectacular parade on Saturday, October 21st (Rain Date: October 22nd), and you can shine bright through the night!
Join BmoreTrivia in the awesome Creative Alliance bar, the Marquee Lounge, for this super fun summer trivia series! General trivia featuring 4 fun rounds + final questions.
Create a glowing lantern for The Great Halloween Lantern Parade & Festival! Create the next great lantern! This year we explore the animals that live in our beautiful park at night—think bats, owls, rats, foxes, moths, racoons, and night blue herons! Bring your lantern back to our spectacular parade on Saturday, October 21st (Rain Date: October 22nd), and you can shine bright through the night!
Route 66 – A Journey to Learn About The Blues
This is one of the most popular blues songs of all time! Learn the history, sound and styles of blues singing. Then get ready to take a trip to learn how to sing the sound of the blues
Kerplunk! Family Art Drop-in class is great for younger kids and families! Come join us in the Creativity Center to create art projects based on current exhibitions and fun crafts!
Create a glowing lantern for The Great Halloween Lantern Parade & Festival! Create the next great lantern! This year we explore the animals that live in our beautiful park at night—think bats, owls, rats, foxes, moths, racoons, and night blue herons! Bring your lantern back to our spectacular parade on Saturday, October 21st (Rain Date: October 22nd), and you can shine bright through the night!
Are you ready to finally take the leap and see what burlesque is all about? Or, are you a current performer who is thinking about reimagining your relationship to burlesque?
Our team of experienced burlesque instructors will guide you through becoming a burlesque performer inside and out. We will progress through act creation from start to finish while incorporating mindful techniques for both on and off the stage. Essential Tease is the ideal starting point for truly transformative acts! This eight-week in-person workshop series is conducted at Creative Alliance in Baltimore, MD, and concludes with a ticketed, live student showcase!
Registration includes eight weeks of prepared lessons, out-of-class coaching and one-on-one mentorship, complimentary costume add-ons and crafting sessions, access to an online community with your peers, as well as the opportunity to rehearse and perform in a student showcase on the Creative Alliance main stage!
Essential Tease welcomes ALL gender identities, abilities, ages, sexualities, races, religions, AND experience levels. All humans welcome, and all bodies are burlesque bodies!
Calling all NEW Stilt Walkers! Have you ever wanted to be a stilt walker? Now's your chance! Train with Baltimore’s best, Jes Raschella, of Baltimore Hoop Love.
We are putting together a large troupe of stilt walkers to walk together wearing illuminated costumes in the Great Halloween Lantern Parade. If you stilt walk already, we would love for you to be there with us! If you have always wanted to learn to stilt walk, we will be hosting workshops and meetups to learn and to practice. If you would rather not walk stilts and support us with your two feet on the ground, we would love for you to join us on the ground support team!
Create a glowing lantern for The Great Halloween Lantern Parade & Festival! Create the next great lantern! This year we explore the animals that live in our beautiful park at night—think bats, owls, rats, foxes, moths, racoons, and night blue herons! Bring your lantern back to our spectacular parade on Saturday, October 21st (Rain Date: October 22nd), and you can shine bright through the night!
Join BmoreTrivia in the awesome Creative Alliance bar, the Marquee Lounge, for this super fun summer trivia series! General trivia featuring 4 fun rounds + final questions.
Kerplunk! Family Art Drop-in class is great for younger kids and families! Come join us in the Creativity Center to create art projects based on current exhibitions and fun crafts!
Join BmoreTrivia in the awesome Creative Alliance bar, the Marquee Lounge, for this super fun summer trivia series! General trivia featuring 4 fun rounds + final questions.
Join artists for monthly Open Critique in our Marquee Lounge! Each session is an open forum to show 1-2 examples of your artwork and receive feedback from experienced artists from varying mediums and backgrounds.
Kerplunk! Family Art Drop-in class is great for younger kids and families! Come join us in the Creativity Center to create art projects based on current exhibitions and fun crafts!
Practice yoga with Free Baltimore Yoga at Creative Alliance in Creative Alliance's brand new Dance Studio!
Kerplunk! Family Art Drop-in class is great for younger kids and families! Come join us in the Creativity Center to create art projects based on current exhibitions and fun crafts!
Buy your tickets online, in person, or over the phone by calling 410-276-1651. Members save $3 on almost every show!
Our Box Office is currently open from Noon to 6pm on Fridays and Saturdays and one hour before all ticketed events. We accept cash, cards, and checks. Service fees are waived for in-person ticket purchases.
