Ballet Aficionados Invited to Tea, Tour and “Swan Lake” Dress Rehearsal     In anticipation of this month’s production of “Swan Lake” by the Los Angeles Ballet,  Leslie Kavanaugh and Susan Rothenberg invited dance afficionados to an afternoon tea, a tour of LAB’s Brentwood facility  and a preview of the ballet.  Choreographed by LAB’s artistic directors Colleen Neary and Thordal Christensen, the production will continue through Mar. 31 at various venues throughout southern California. The Feb. 21 tea also precedes LAB’s Swan Lake Gala, which will take place at the Montage in...

Los Angeles Ballet 2011 Gala Features a Glorious Giselle and a Dream Dinner   Following a performance of “Giselle” at the Los Angeles Ballet’s ”Season 5 Gala Celebration,” artistic director Colleen Neary surprised the audience at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica by naming Allyssa Bross and Christopher Revels as principal dancers, the first dancers so designated in the young ballet company’s history. It was a night of firsts, starting with the May 28 Los Angeles Ballet Gala, the company’s first ever. Aptly christened “A Midsummer’s Night Dream,” the entire evening seemed magical, beginning...