Choreographer teaches Savannah Bananas dance routines

Maceo Harrison, 31, serves as the Savannah Bananas' dancing first-base coach and choreographer. He creates routines performed by players and additional dance teams during games. During a May game at Texas A&M's Kyle Field, Harrison led roughly 50 performers, including players from both the Bananas and the Texas Tailgaters, in a routine set to music by Diplo and Adrien Nunez.

ESPN reported that Harrison taught the full sequence the day before the performance. Harrison also designs player introductions, walk-up routines, mound dances and home-run celebrations. He choreographs for the Man-anas dad-bod cheer squad and the Banana Nanas over-65 dance team.

Teaching approach Harrison emphasizes group timing over technical precision.

Chris Clarke, a 6-foot-7 right-hander for the Tailgaters who previously played in the Chicago Cubs' minor-league system, said Harrison waits for all performers to complete each move before advancing to the next step. Harrison began formal dance training at age 17 after years of self-instruction from online videos.

He has stated that dance can serve as a form of self-expression and personal comfort. The Savannah Bananas organization fields teams that combine baseball with choreographed entertainment performed between innings and during player transitions.