--- description: President Barack Obama danced the tango Wednesday during a state dinner held in his honor in Buenos Aires, Argentina. title: President Barack Obama: Watch Obama Dance Tango in Argentina image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb21af082bf80eead/69888c51bc6cfcf5263dc48a/obama-tango-argentina-dance.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Argentina](/tag/argentina/) ## Argentina Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch President Obama Dance the Tango in Argentina  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Mar 24, 2016 12:51 PM CUT  President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama perform the tango with dance partners the State Dinner at the Centro Cultural Kirchner in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 23, 2016. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama perform the tango with dance partners the State Dinner at the Centro Cultural Kirchner in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 23, 2016.Pablo Martinez Monsivais—AP  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Mar 24, 2016 12:51 PM CUT President Barack Obama danced the tango Wednesday during a state dinner held in his honor in Buenos Aires, Argentina. President Obama and his wife Michelle were led onto the dance floor by performers at the function. Some commentators [criticized the dance](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/obama-tango-argentina-criticism-221186 "undefined") as inappropriate and out of touch given [terrorist attacks that rocked Brussels](http://time.com/4268843/brothers-named-brussels-airport-suicide-bombers/ "undefined") earlier this week. Obama’s [stop in Argentina](http://fortune.com/2016/03/23/obama-argentina-macri-trade/ "undefined") is the second and final leg of a trip to Latin America that also [included a stop in Cuba](http://time.com/4266394/obama-cuba-castro-meeting/ "undefined"), the first by a sitting U.S. president in close to 90 years. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4270433/obama-tango-argentina/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4270433/obama-tango-argentina/"},"headline":"Watch President Obama Dance the Tango in Argentina","datePublished":"2016-03-24T12:51:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:11:03.190Z","description":"President Barack Obama danced the tango Wednesday during a state dinner held in his honor in Buenos Aires, Argentina.","url":"https://time.com/4270433/obama-tango-argentina/","keywords":["Argentina","Barack Obama"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb21af082bf80eead/69888c51bc6cfcf5263dc48a/obama-tango-argentina-dance.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb21af082bf80eead/69888c51bc6cfcf5263dc48a/obama-tango-argentina-dance.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"obama-tango-argentina-dance","caption":"President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama perform the tango with dance partners the State Dinner at the Centro Cultural Kirchner in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 23, 2016.","creditText":"Pablo Martinez Monsivais—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/argentina/","name":"Argentina"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4270433/obama-tango-argentina/","name":"Watch President Obama Dance the Tango in Argentina"}}]}] ```