SOPHIA

Barnes3  2/2 (104), AABB, G dorian proper duple-minor longways
Jenna Simpson, 2012.
Jenna Simpson, Under the Influence, 2017.

Music: Linda Lewis Lieberman, "A Person of Quality", 2011.

A1 1-2 First corners step forward toward partner and flip in (right) halfway.
       End in the middle of the set with left shoulder next to corner.
   3-4 First corners gypsy left halfway.
   5-8 Partners gypsy left halfway along the side of the set and
       chase home (one place counterclockwise).

A2 1-2 Second corners step forward toward partner and flip in (left) halfway.
       End in the middle of the set with right shoulder next to corner.
   3-4 First corners gypsy right halfway.
   5-8 Partners gypsy right halfway along the side of the set and
       chase home (one place clockwise).

B1 1-4 Partners poussette clockwise (first corners push to begin) halfway.
   5-8 Ones lead up and cast down while twos cast down and lead up.

B2 1-4 Partners side over by the left and back by the right.
   5-8 Partners two-hand turn once around (or more).

In 1739, Sophia, A Person of Quality, published the treatise "Woman Not Inferior to Man: Or, a
short and modest Vindication of the natural Right of the Fair-Sex to a perfect Equality of Power,
Dignity, and Esteem, with the Men".

Dances from Barnes Three
Assembled by Robert Messer, October 13, 2016

difficulty: 2
energy level: 3