SMITHTOWN, N. Y. (CBSNewYork) \u2014 The film \u201cLa La Land\u201d is inspiring even those with two left feet to get up and dance.
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone dance effortlessly like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, bringing movie buffs in for lessons.
\u201cWe specialize in teaching people who have never danced before,\u201d said Kimberly Parker, of Fred Astaire Dance Studio on Long Island.
\u201cShe says, \u2018what would you like to do?\u2019 I said, \u2018I want to do what he does, I want to whirl around the floor. I don\u2019t want to stand still, I want to move around,’\u201d said Farmingdale resident Robert Marin.
Marin, a retired police officer, and his wife, Carol, just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, doing the foxtrot and rumba, thanks to recent twice-a-week training.
\u201cLove that movie and we keep telling our friends to go see the movie,\u201d Carol said. \u201cWant to take dance lessons with us?\u201d
Since the film\u2019s release, dance teachers at Fred Astaire studios report a new set of first timers strapping on their dancing shoes.
\u201cIt\u2019s always something I\u2019ve wanted to do, and now I\u2019m doing it,\u201d said Smithtown resident Joy Sepe.
\u201cI am a kid with learning disabilities, I have ADD, so I want to inspire other people with ballroom. And \u2018La La Land\u2019 is a joyous film, you can\u2019t help but get up and dance,\u201d said 19-year-0ld Madison Sepe.
\u201cI think it\u2019s bringing a lot of people to the field or to the sport that weren\u2019t in it before,\u201d said Smithtown resident A. J. Caro.
Would the Marins say it\u2019s keeping them young?
\u201cYes it has, and it\u2019s brought us together,\u201d Carol said.
\u201cIf you don\u2019t challenge yourself once in a while, why get out of bed in the morning?\u201d Robert agreed.
Some studios in the area have renamed some classes \u201cLa La Land,\u201d and say those lessons are the first with waiting lists.<\/p>\n

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