If you thought Baz Luhrmann had taken Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet to the limit when he brought it to the big screen, think again.

Rumble, a break-dancing, hip-hop take on the timeless love story, was an exhilarating production - the sheer energy of the dancers left the audience exhausted.

For 90 minutes solid, the cast, made up of the world's best street dancers and acrobats, performed one jaw-dropping move after another, scrambling across scaffolding, body-popping, spinning on their heads and bouncing upside down on one hand with their legs outstretched above them. The fight scenes, here played out as gritty dance battles between street gangs the Caps and the Montis, were the ideal way to showcase their talents.

Despite the rough physicality of the performance, the tenderness of the balcony scene and sexual chemistry between Romeo and, in this version, Julie, was never lost. The dancers erotically undulated around each other, performing in perfect synchronicity.

The performance was not without comedy.

The Montis opened with the Monkey Boogie and two of the best "robotic men" I have ever seen went head-to-head in a full-on convulsing, jerky dance-off.

This was a show full of passion and drama, and the dancers were simply awe-inspiring.

Now get me down to that street dancing class and show me the moves.