Swedish singer Robyn performs at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, California, April 15, 2011. (Reuters)

TORONTO - Swedish pop singer Robyn isn’t an imposing figure on stage but give her one infectious thumping beat and she will dance you under the table.

Letting her body do most of the talking before an enthusiastic crowd for about 80 minutes, the musician was a ball of energy, twirls, spins as one of her techno-tinged anthems melded seamlessly into another.

And it’s a good thing too, considering the inaugural concert at Echo Beach – a smaller general admission venue just east of Molson Canadian Amphitheatre – felt more like Igloo Beach given the dropping temperature and noticeable chill in the air.

She definitely warmed things up with a bevy of songs from her two 2010 albums Body Talk Pt. 1 and Body Talk Pt.2. Backed by a four-piece ensemble of dual drummers and dual keyboardists, Robyn got the party started with Fembot before quickly moving headlong into the dancehall-flavored Bad Gal.

With her name behind her on a backdrop and two flower-like windmills as well, Robyn kept the high energy for a sizable portion of the set, something all the more admiring considering she was actually singing the lyrics, not using a backing track like some other famous pop starts. This was evident during Cobrastyle as she pretended to swim laps and the shining Dancing On My Own that had all dancing with friends or by themselves.

Although the perimeter of the grounds was concrete, the sand in the middle enabled many to kick off their shoes, flip flops or sandals and kick up a storm during the catchy Dancing On My Own. The contagious hook had many dancing with friends or by themselves with reckless abandon.

And when your fans are even dancing while standing in a long lineup for a lavatory, well you’re doing something right.

Robyn -- who played Toronto’s Sound Academy last January after postponing a November date – slowed things down momentarily with the simple, repetitive We Dance To The Beat but had the audience back onside with Love Kills. Here Robyn and her band coaxed the crowd into clapping along but they didn’t need much arm-twisting.

Rarely at a standstill – just like that bunny that keeps going and going – the singer shone on Indestructible resembling a style similar to early Madonna with a sweet delivery supported by a sweeter hook.

“Thank you Toronto,” she said with the Toronto skyline behind her before getting the crowd to sing along to Be Mine from 2005’s self-titled album. The encore section was highlighted by With Every Heartbeat as Robyn again tapped into that endless energy reservoir.

Opening for Robyn was Toronto musician John O’Regan, better known these days as Diamond Rings. The lanky artist played several songs of his debut album such as Play By Heart, Wait & See and You Oughta Know melding his Ian Curtis-like delivery with bubbly dance-influenced arrangements.