Lords of the Dance: Heads of State Cut Loose on the World Stage

Politicians are just like us deep down inside, and sometimes they also want to shake it down or bust a move. Some are as skilled on stage as they are in front of a podium: as a young man, the King of Cambodia spent years as a dance instructor in Central Europe. However, sometimes the most gifted orators and seasoned statesmen end up looking ridiculous attempting to tango or do the twist. Nevertheless, their failure to transpose their usual grace and poise onto the dance floor somehow humanizes them.

Recently, UK Prime Minister Theresa May amused online audiences again by showing off her robot-style dancing skills.

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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May dances a few steps as she takes the stage to give her keynote address on the fourth and final day of Conservative Party Conference 2018 at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham on October 3, 2018.

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In this Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015 photo, Argentina's President Mauricio Macri dances before supporters, flanked by his Vice President Gabriela Michetti, left, and wife Juliana Awada, at the government house in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the day of his inauguration.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin dances with Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneisl at her wedding to financier Wolfgang Meilinger

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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania dance at the Freedom Ball in Washington, on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, at the Washington Convention Center during the 58th president's inauguration.

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Republican People's Party (CHP) presidential hopeful Muharrem Ince, Turkey's main opposition candidate, left, dances with supporters before a rally in Samsun, Turkey, Saturday, May 19, 2018.

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US President Barack Obama (L) and First Lady Michelle Obama (2nd R) dance the tango with dancers during a state dinner at the Kirchner Cultural Center in Buenos Aires on March 23, 2016.

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South Korean singer Psy (R), whose real name Park Jae-sang, performs a dance-step with then-United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) just before their meeting on October 23, 2012 at UN headquarters in New York.

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Presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori and newly-elected congressman Pedro Spadaro, dance during a campaign rally in the Ventanilla neighborhood of Lima, Peru, Tuesday, May 31, 2016.

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Former President George W. Bush dances with band director Asia Muhaimin as the band plays, during a visit to Warren Easton Charter High School in New Orleans, Friday, Aug. 28, 2015 while surveying the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

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In this Tuesday, May 8, 2018 photo, Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel, right, dances with children from a theater group during the opening session of an economic commission biennial meeting in Havana, Cuba. Caribbean Alicia Barcenas.

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Former South African President Jacob Zuma dances in front of supporters after appearing in the High Court in Durban, South Africa to face corruption charges, Friday, June 8, 2018.

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Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez dances with his wife Ana Garcia at a campaign event ahead of his party's primary election in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Sunday, March 5, 2017.