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President Gerald Ford dancing with Queen Elizabeth II at the White House on July 7 during the 1976 Bicentennial Celebrations of the Declaration of Independence.
Then-Vice President Joe Biden and Second Lady Jill Biden dance together during Barack Obama's Inaugural Ball on January 21, 2013.
President Barack Obama dances tango with Argentinian dancer Mora Godoy during a state dinner at the Kirchner Cultural Centre in Buenos Aires on March 23, 2016.
President George W. Bush struts his stuff with members of the Kankouran West African Dance Company during a Rose Garden event at the White House on April 25, 2007.
Former US President Bill Clinton dancing with women in the Manyemunyemu area of Livingstone, Zambia, on August 2, 2013.
President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter photographed in 1977 dancing at a White House Congressional Ball.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama dance together during the Inaugural Ball as singer Jennifer Hudson performs at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on January 21, 2013 in Washington, D.C.
President Richard Nixon dances with his daughter, Tricia, during her wedding reception on June 12, 1971 at the White House.
Prince Charles dances with First Lady Nancy Reagan at a 1981 society function in New York City.
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump kiss and dance on stage during the A Salute to Our Armed Services Inaugural Ball at the National Building Museum on January 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden dance between arrivals for the 9th Summit of the Americas at the Los Angeles Convention Center on June 8, 2022.
Guests dancing in the East Room of the White House on January 21, 1963. This is one of the few photographs of President Kennedy (at the back, near the center window) dancing.
Robert Kennedy cuts in for a dance as his brother John two-steps with Edward Kennedy's bride, Joan Bennett Kennedy, in Bronxville, New York, on November 29, 1958. Edward Kennedy (not pictured) was the youngest of the Kennedy brothers.
President Lyndon Johnson and his wife Lady Bird dance together at the inaugural ball held at the Statler Hilton Hotel in Washington on January 25, 1965.
President Gerald Ford and First Lady Betty Ford enjoy their first dance in the White House during a state dinner to honor Jordan's King Hussein on August 16, 1974.
President Ronald Reagan cuts in on Frank Sinatra and First Lady Nancy Reagan during the president's birthday party at the White House on February 6, 1981.
President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon dance to a live jazz band at a White House reception on September 27, 1973.
Then-Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama dances as the choir sings during a service commemorating the Los Angeles riots at the First AME Church on April 29, 2007 in Los Angeles.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama dance to Michael Jackson's song 'Thriller' during a Halloween event in the East Wing of the White House on October 31, 2016.
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While not actually joining the dance, incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican Party nominee, is greeted in Reno, Nevada, by Paiute Indians, who put on a war dance to greet the presidential hopeful as he arrived in the city on August 2, 1960.
President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton seen on January 4, 1998 dancing on the beach at Megan Bay, on the US Virgin Island of St. Thomas, shortly after taking a swim.
US Secretary of State and former First Lady Hillary Clinton dances with a local South African choir as she arrives for a visit to the Victoria Mxenge Housing Project in Philippi on the outskirts of Cape Town on August 8, 2009.
Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore and his wife Tipper dance at a rally in Clinton, Iowa, on August 19, 2000.
Future Vice President Hubert Humphrey takes the hand of actress Ginger Rogers for a dance at a party in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Time magazine held at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City on May 6, 1963.
First Lady Betty Ford has a "last dance" on the table in the Cabinet Room in the West Wing of the White House on January 19, 1977—President Gerald Ford's last full day as Commander-in-Chief.
Argentine President Carlos Menem shows First Lady Hillary Clinton how to dance the tango during a January 11, 1999 state dinner at the White House.
President-elect George W. Bush dances with singer Ricky Martin at the opening ceremony of Bush's inauguration at the Lincoln Memorial on January 18, 2001 in Washington, D.C.
Princess Diana dances with John Travolta in Cross Hall at the White House during an official dinner on November 9, 1985—the "night the whole room cleared."
President Ronald Reagan on the dance floor with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher following a state dinner given in her honor at the White House on November 16, 1988.
On October 2, during a Commonwealth reception at St James's Palace, King Charles surprised everyone with some Samoan dance moves. Known for his formal demeanor, the King’s unexpected performance added a joyful energy to the event, offering a rare glimpse of his playful side.
Got your dancing shoes on? Two-step through this gallery of world leaders caught on the dance floor.
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Presidents, prime ministers, first ladies, and more seen on the dance floor
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When the leaders of the most powerful nations hit the dance floor, the world tends to watch! Typically, these moments are dignified, like a graceful waltz between a Commander-in-Chief and the First Lady at an inaugural ball. But every now and then, world leaders let loose with something more unexpected.
On October 2, during a Commonwealth reception at St James's Palace, King Charles surprised everyone with some Samoan dance moves. Known for his formal demeanor, the King’s unexpected performance added a joyful energy to the event, offering a rare glimpse of his playful side.
Got your dancing shoes on? Two-step through this gallery of world leaders caught on the dance floor.