A thief has been captured gearing himself up for the grift with a groove in the carpark before robbing a Melbourne school.

He was seen on CCTV footage dancing, spinning and jumping around before scaling the fence of the Sunbury school, almost an hour northwest of Melbourne, Victoria Police said.

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Robber dancing before theft on CCTV.

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It took the man several minutes to get into the property, where he allegedly broke into a building just after 1.10am on April 23.

He allegedly stole three laptops and a projector worth more than $5000.

Footage appears to show a Caucasian man in his 30s with a medium build and long, dark brown hair.

He was wearing a red and black hooded jumper, black runners, a red headband and blue gloves.

Victoria Police have released stills of the vision in an appeal to the public for information about the suspect.

Anyone who recognises the Springsteen fan is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.

Investigations are ongoing.