At first, we thought we were in the wrong place.

Arriving to watch the dance sensation that is Bounce, we found ourselves amid an excited swarm of baggy-trousered teens directly transported from the local skateboarding park.

Yet the ethos behind this show, choreographed by Bounce Streetdance Company and directed by Anthony Van Last, is to formalise popular street-dance crazes and it met its target audience perfectly.

Those who would normally consider themselves too cool to enter the elegant Dome Concert Hall arrived to yelp and cheer at their culture transformed for the mainstream stage.

This was the opening night of the Brighton leg of the tour and it felt slower to get off the ground than when I first saw the energy-oozing extravaganza mid-way through its stint at London's Sadler's Wells.

The cast of 15 dancers, some professionally trained and others who learned their skills from the streets, seemed at first conscious they were performing on a stage, until a couple of sets in when the groove overtook them.

The ample stage presence of DJ Hazze set the scene with his extravagantly-costumed acts covering the history of all types of streetdance followed, from breakdance and popping to tap, swing and boogaloo.

There was a Lindy Hop with big-brimmed hats and Zoot suits, a Soul Sisters blood red belly dance followed by the cool camp of a Seventies rave, with white plastic boots, big hair and hot pants.

Spinning sessions, on heads, bums and sometimes apparently on thin air, were interspersed throughout as well as sketches recreating the street atmosphere - with battles between bouncers and skaters, a breakdancer trying to teach a ballet dancer to spin and a Seventies street fight with wigs.

The audience hardly needed much encouragement to whoop, clap and wave their arms in the air but skateboarders, frenzied vinyl scratching and new tunes like Missy Elliot's Work It all produced further cheers.

When the lights came up and both the stage street scene and audience disappeared it was a shock to remember we were in the historic concert hall. Once again, it felt like we were in the wrong place.

For tickets, call 01273 709709.