page_title: Banana Dance
hierarchical_section_title: Banana Dance
caption_attribution_description: Josephine Baker in Banana Skirt from the Folies Bergère production "Un Vent de Folie"
context_page_description: The Banana Dance has several different meanings and performances.
  Part of Chris Elliott's Marlon Brando impersonation skit on the David Letterman show. It consisted of "Marlon" dumping bananas out of a sack on the floor and Elliot dancing slowly around them to the song "The Alley Cat".
  The Danse sauvage, an exotic dance performed by Josephine Baker in live shows and her Siren of the Tropics movie.
  The Dancing Banana is a popular emoticon.
context_section_description: The Banana Dance has several different meanings and performances.  
  Part of Chris Elliott's Marlon Brando impersonation skit on the David Letterman show.  It consisted of "Marlon" (Chris Elliot) dumping bananas out of a sack on the floor and Elliot dancing slowly around them to the song "The Alley Cat".
  The Danse sauvage, an exotic dance performed by Josephine Baker in live shows and her Siren of the Tropics movie.
  The Dancing Banana is a popular emoticon.
caption: Josephine Baker costumed for the Danse banane from the Folies Bergère production Un Vent de Folie in Paris in 1927.
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