Out Of The Shadow may be the name of Nobulus’ new dance show, but it’s an appropriate title, considering it’s bringing hiphop to the Oxford Playhouse stage.

But Alexander Wengler, inset, who aged 29 is dancer, choreographer, producer, director and the man responsible for transporting the Austrian dance troupe to the UK, says we are ready.

“It’s for everyone who wants to witness something fresh and new. The show has a bit of everything - acrobatics, locking, popping, power moves and breakdancing but it also tells a story of love, fear, violence, empowerment, politics and money, so it’s a thrilling mix with a great narrative,” he promises.

Six years in the making, Alexander’s ground-breaking work is finally getting the recognition it deserves and the Playhouse booked Nobulus for its autumn line-up on the strength of its DVD alone. So what’s all the fuss about? “I call it dacting, acting through dance, because we tell stories about modern times,” Alex explains.

Expressed through urban street dance, the story blends genres and moves in Alex’s own inimitable style: “Every road leads to Rome,” he says cheerfully, when I ask if the narrative or the dance moves come first, “but it was always more about story-telling for me,” he says, “until I realised I missed the dancing. Because dancing - its the best feeling and without it I don’t feel connected. When I dance I always learn more about myself because it’s how I express myself so I’m always changing to get my point of view across.”

Alex has been dancing since the age of five. “My mother tells me I danced to Michael Jackson in front of the TV, by 14 I was doing acrobatics and power moves and by 18 was choreographing my own work,” he tells me.

Others soon caught on and Alex was commissioned to choreograph dance work all over Austria, before realising that his own dancing was suffering as a result so he is now back on stage, strutting his stuff and showing us how it should be done.

As for his 10 strong Nobulus dance crew, Alex says he looks for strong, centred, passionate dancers who can communicate their feelings and spread the word in the UK. “They are all tremendously excited about coming to Oxford and it’s wonderful to be touring the UK because it’s such an amazing opportunity and I just want to go out and share Out Of The Shadow with an English audience, to show you what we can do. Because when I was devising it, this is what I had in mind. This was the vision.”

Oxford Playhouse presents the UK premiere of Out of the Shadow on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 8 & 9. Box Office on 01865 305305 or book at oxford playhouse.com