Since September 11, 2001, the United States has lived in a constant state of fear. Whether this relates to war, economic collapse, and political turmoil or mass death from a pandemic, climate disaster, and intellectual decline, there is constant bombardment of frightening news that we have easy access to digest on a daily basis. In this episode, Barry discusses how art is often a reflection of the times we live in and how his experience watching new choreography over the past two decades has pushed him to believe that we are living in the modern dark ages.