ALBANY — If modern dance is comparable to a foreign language like French or Spanish (nonspeakers can imagine themselves mastering it) and ballet is more like Japanese or Sanskrit (not too hopeful, but within the realm of possibility) then breakdancing is a dialect from the planet Xrklzok: For mere mortals, it's just not gonna happen.

Steve Love, producer of "Break! The Urban Funk Spectacular," which visited The Egg Saturday afternoon, has managed to scrape up three touring troupes' worth of super humans, who can perform such feats as the flare (supporting your entire body with your arms while swinging your legs in continuous circles around your torso), the Halo (the body rotates around the head, which remains in constant contact with the floor) and the better-known popping (a technique of contracting and relaxing the muscles to create a jerking motion).

Yes, they say that legions of everyday kids have performed these moves on the streets of New York City and Los Angeles since hip-hop's beginnings in the mid-1970s, but that's sort of like imagining a bunch of suburban kids turning multiple pirouettes through the mall every night. It's hard to believe regular people can do this stuff — certainly not with the jaw-dropping skill of "Break!" dancers Doc (Antoine Judkins), Peace (Brandon Albright), Cricket (James Colter), Locking Q (Kumiko Naito), Jumping Bean (Deshawn Sanders) and Kid Glyde (Victor Alicea).

All the dancers have their own distinctive approach to the form, so even choreography performed by the entire group looks different on everyone, giving new meaning to the word "unison." Sanders and Colter stand out for their gravity-defying tumbles, while Naito, the sole female, or b-girl, of the company, has a sassy, sharp-edged approach to the moves. Different aspects and styles of hip-hop dance are explored throughout the program, which places the performers in various vignettes, including a block party, a "Blade Runner"-type scenario and a war zone (Love might want to consider dropping this one during these turbulent times).

"Break!" also features DJ Razor Ramone (Ramone Gilmore), who grew up on the same Philadelphia street as the hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Nell. Working with several turntables and using his face and back as well as two very fast-moving hands, Gilmore scratches, mixes and samples like a madman. At one point, he even removed his shirt without missing a beat.

Even if all these performers turn out to be human after all, there's at least one definite freak of nature touring with "Break!": the beatboxer Kenny "The Human Orchestra" Muhammad. Using only his mouth, he produces an incredible array of layered sounds, from percussion of all sorts to whispery sussuration. Put this guy in a recording studio with a Tuvan throat singer and you'd probably come out with something resembling the language of Xrklzok.

Tresca Weinstein, a freelance writer from Canaan, is a frequent contributor to the Times Union.

Dance review

"Break! The Urban Funk Spectacular"

Where: The Egg, Empire State Plaza, Albany

When: 3 p.m. Saturday

The crowd: About 500, including pumped-up teens, miniature members of Raffi's demographic and accompanying parents and grandparents