Meet James McManus, the 99-year-old dancer who loves to tango

At the age of 99, James McManus embraces his partner and grabs the spotlight when he glides across the floor with his elegant two-toned shoes at the World Tango Championship in Argentina's capital.

It's a dream come true for the Scotland-born tango aficionado.

Just a few months before his 100th birthday, his friends gave him a plane ticket to the birthplace of tango. He then decided to apply for the annual dance competition in Buenos Aires.

"They accepted the application and well, I just had a goal.... I knew I had no chance of winning, but I thought it would be a good experience," McManus told The Associated Press.

Argentina's world-famous tango emerged in the late 19th century in Buenos Aires, slowly permeating all social classes and gaining popularity locally and internationally in the 1920s.

McManus says he discovered the dance rather recently, in 2002, when he saw a couple dancing in Ireland, where he lives.

Since then, he hasn't been able to stop.

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Two to tango: Scottish aficionado James McManus, 99, and his Argentine dance partner and friend, Lucía Seva.