Byronic

Byronic. Adjective: Characteristic of Lord Byron or his poetry. Alluringly dark, mysterious and moody (typically used to describe a man).

"He knew himself a villain - bu he deem'd

The rest no better than the thing he seem'd:

And scorn'd the best as hypocrites who hid

Those deeds the bolder spirit plainly did."

The Byronic hero (who is actually not quite a hero) has caught our imaginations from his inception to his re-inventions via the Bronte sisters and Jane Austin to the actors who played him in Hollywood films to the covers of romance novels. Today, we seem to like them to be a bit moist (Thank you, Colin Firth), so they will often be found in a nearby pond.

Alas there is no convenient pool of water at the Conrad where our show will be this weekend. So Marshall (our Don Juan) will just have to up hold the Byronic tradition of appearing "alluringly dark, mysterious, and moody" through his dancing. :)