Creative Alliance provides venue space for
Music, Performance & Film, Youth & Family, Festivals & Community, Exhibitions, Classes, Fundraisers, and Signature Events.
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This open level class that utilizes elements of fitness conditioning, sensual movement, and dance theory, to provide the student with a total mind and body movement experience. In this 60-minute class, students will learn the Liquid Motion® Fundamentals to build a foundation for floor work & wall work.
Students will explore the rich history of Black burlesque and drag shows in America, including the sociopolitical and cultural dynamics that both separate and intertwine these communities. There will be a focus on local DMV burlesque and drag history.
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.
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
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!
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.
Arts Learning Camps for Baltimore City school students! Taking place on the Baltimore City Public Schools Professional Development days, these camps are chock-full of SPECTACULAR arts for students in grades 3-8. For half of the day, students will work with the School of Magic Arts! Learn both classic and modern card illusions, cardistry, and the best ways to perform card tricks in several different kinds of environments. Students will be provided with their own deck of cards to keep. For the other half, students will imagine, design, and make mesmerizing lanterns with Creative Alliance's very own Artesanas! Students can bring their spooky, magical, and oh so pretty lanterns to the Great Halloween Lantern Parade in Patterson Park the following day and join the parade!
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.
