("La source de Maafa dans les Aurès en Algérie" by Unknown Photographer) « The Dam » is a 22-minute long suite in 8 movements that uses the metaphor of water flowing from source to ocean to illustrate the process that we affectionately refer to as life. As the title suggest, the focus is directed on one major obstacle/life-changing experience, symbolized by a dam on the river, which the pr…