San Francisco in the 1970s a disaster area. In the same year, with bankruptcy imminent for the San Francisco Ballet, a grassroots effort brought national attention to the association. Prior to the discovery of the first AIDS case in 1981, Dr. Selma Dritz, the city's medical epidemiologist, became alarmed at the increase in sexually transmitted diseases among the city's gay men, opining that epidemics had been triggered after 1974 by "political and social changes in the city". "The Grateful Dead Movie" was filmed in 1974 in San Francisco during the Grateful Dead's October 1974 five performances at the Winterland Ballroom. After the 1974 kidnapping of
Alonzo King LINES Ballet Alonzo King LINES Ballet The Alonzo King LINES Ballet (AKLB) is an American contemporary ballet company based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The ballet company, founded by choreographer Alonzo King, premiered at San Francisco State University's McKenna Theatre in 1982. LINES Ballet performs its home season at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco while also maintaining an international touring schedule that includes featured performances at venues such as Venice Biennale in Venice, Théâtre National de Chaillot in Paris, and The Kwai Tsing Theatre in Hong Kong. LINES Ballet, which celebrated its 35th Anniversary season in