Oh behave! Pretty girls, gymslips - it was never going to take much to persuade international man of mystery Austin Powers to go back to school.

But it wasn't just one, but five Austins who took a Brighton school audience by surprise when they boogied on stage during a dance show, complete with buck teeth, medallions and horn-rimmed specs.

Their disguises fooled no one and proved once and for all that while teachers may be straight-laced in the classroom, they can be groovy, baby, when they want to.

The teachers' dance number was just one of 23 performed at Dorothy Stringer School's popular annual dance show.

While the Austin Powers finale brought roars of laughter from the crowded school hall, the rest of the show received applause and appreciation as 130 pupils went through their rhythmic paces.

Among the performers were 88 pupils taking a GCSE in dance - a school record.

Choreographer Chloe Kemp has turned traditional school dance on its head, even persuading most of the boys' football team to swap penalties for pirouettes.

She said: "We are getting more and more boys to take part each year and had more than 30 this time, double the number last year.

"We even had Year 11 boys who have left school, coming back in their own time to rehearse.

"It just took a bit of gentle persuasion. In some of the pieces they get to dance with the girls which is a bit of an incentive for some of them.

"A lot of them are on the football team and are not dancers. But we do quite a lot of street dance and hip hop stuff, which is something they can relate to.

"It's dance they don't mind doing. it's quite cool.

"The show was really successful. I have had a lot of positive feedback with people saying it was the best one ever."

The 15 teachers who took part in the one-off number to the theme tune of Austin Powers were even less difficult to persuade.

Chloe said: "They came along for practise for three weeks and all the male staff went out and bought Austin Powers outfits, teeth and wigs.

"The men really played up to it.

I think the audience was quite amused."

Pupils taking part in the show were aged between 14 and 16.

Head of PE Carlo Missirian said: "Girls aged 14 to 16 have the worst participation rate in PE nationally so to get so many involved in this was a real achievement.

"With this show, a lot of barriers were being broken down."