Alcott

The Brontës, of course, but also Laura Ingalls Wilder, Louisa May Alcott, Jane Austen, Rebecca West and Virginia Woolf, all of whom achieved their successes with competition and support from their sisters.

Seeing the series of dance works about Louisa May Alcott’s beloved 19th century novel is like stepping into a time machine.

The series of dance works about Louisa May Alcott’s beloved 19th century novel are staged inside the stately Victorian homes of Northeast L.A.’s Heritage Square Museum.

"I absolutely love being a learner, challenging myself mentally and physically to execute a plan. And I knew I had to contain my speed," Alcott said.

Writing about Louisa May Alcott’s later work, for instance, she draws a clear line between Alcott’s ill health and the exhaustion she perceives in the text.