--- title: Watch Ryan Gosling Teaches Jimmy Kimmel to Waltz VIDEO description: The 'La La Land' actor took host Kimmel for a spin on the show's stage, teaching him the finer details of a partner waltz. canonical: https://time.com/4595170/ryan-gosling-jimmy-kimmel-dance/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-08T18:17:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:17.536Z og:title: Watch Ryan Gosling Teach Jimmy Kimmel to Waltz with Style og:description: The 'La La Land' actor took host Kimmel for a spin around the late-night stage. og:url: https://time.com/4595170/ryan-gosling-jimmy-kimmel-dance/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Ryan Gosling Teach Jimmy Kimmel to Waltz with Style twitter:description: The 'La La Land' actor took host Kimmel for a spin around the late-night stage. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Ryan Gosling Instruct Jimmy Kimmel in the Fine Art of the Waltz  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Dec 8, 2016 6:17 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Dec 8, 2016 6:17 PM UTC In [_La La Land_](http://time.com/4587682/la-la-land-review/?iid=sr-link1)—out Friday—Ryan Gosling plays an aspiring jazz musician who’s also quite light on his feet. The original movie musical gets Gosling and [costar Emma Stone](http://time.com/4588441/emma-stone-la-la-land-interview/?iid=sr-link2) dancing many a time, where they waltz and tap like a modern-day Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. “You really dug deep into those Mickey Mouse Club roots,” Jimmy Kimmel said of Gosling’s performance when the child star visited his show Wednesday night. “I mean, that paid off in a big way in this particular film.” “Oddly enough, I thought my background in 90’s hip-hop would help,” Gosling admitted, before explaining that he’s already forgotten the bulk of his more intricate dance training. But Kimmel asked him to dance—and [leading man Gosling](http://time.com/4354950/ryan-gosling-thinks-women-are-better-than-men/?iid=sr-link1) graciously did not turn him down. Cue the romantic music. Although the two got an awkward start, Kimmel eventually caught on to the importance of good posture and especially of piercing eye contact. “I want to feel like I’m the only person in the room,” Gosling explained. And that’s why they pay him the big bucks. Watch above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4595170/ryan-gosling-jimmy-kimmel-dance/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4595170/ryan-gosling-jimmy-kimmel-dance/"},"headline":"Watch Ryan Gosling Instruct Jimmy Kimmel in the Fine Art of the Waltz","datePublished":"2016-12-08T18:17:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:17.536Z","description":"\"It's a three-step, OK? One, two, three. One, two, three...\"","url":"https://time.com/4595170/ryan-gosling-jimmy-kimmel-dance/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Television","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4595170/ryan-gosling-jimmy-kimmel-dance/","name":"Watch Ryan Gosling Instruct Jimmy Kimmel in the Fine Art of the Waltz"}}]}] ```