A star struck young web designer has just three short months to learn a samba routine to impress the object of his desire, but falling in love with his teacher wasn't part of his plan.

SYNOPSIS:

It’s La La Land meets Dancing With the Stars!

EMMELIA WALSH longs to perform on Dancing with the Stars, and so moves from Ireland to Portland, Oregon to make her dream come true. In the opening image, she’s standing outside Portland Dancewear shop feeling inspired by a poster of local celebrity KAT VILLANUEVA who was recently on Dancing with the Stars.

Joining the instructional staff at Dance Machine, she has three months and then, if she does well, her boss will file a petition for her green card. Meanwhile, STEVE PROSSER is working in his dad’s web design shop when Kat comes in wanting to make changes to the website for a the Oregon Star Ball, a ballroom dance competition her studio, PORTLAND PLAZA, is putting on, also in three months.

At an exhibition promoting the Oregon Star Ball, Steve watches Kat and her partner dance a fabulous tango, and, not knowing Emmelia is standing right beside him, he makes an offhand comment about how smitten he is. Emmelia suggests he should take some lessons and hands him a business card. Outside, Emmelia sees Steve throw her card away. The next day Steve drops into Dance Machine and books a lesson with the next available teacher, who turns out to be Emmelia.

After a few lessons, they are getting the hang of it, but the clock is ticking. Steve asks Emmelia if they could get in some extra time outside the normal hours of the studio, but she warns him about the absolute, zero-tolerance, no fraternization policy. Emmelia decides to take a big chance by taking Steve up on his offer to practice in the attic of the design shop.

Kat goes to the Dance Machine owner and exposes Emmelia’s breach of policy. The owner lets Emmelia go and she’s black-listed from teaching dance and disqualified from performing in the Oregon Star Ball which destroys her dreams of getting a green card and of being on Dancing with the Stars.

On the day of the Oregon Star Ball, as the first few heats of different amateur dance competitions are underway, Steve finds out Emmelia has been fired and is leaving the country. Still in his sparkling dance costume, Steve dashes to the airport.

Back in Ireland, Emmelia’s mom and dad meet her at the airport. She breaks down crying and they try to comfort her. Steve spends the last of his savings to go to Ireland. When he sees Emmelia, she squares her shoulders and stands in the middle of the room, waiting for Steve to meet her half-way, which he does.

As the credits roll, we see Emmelia performing with a well-known celebrity on Dancing with the Stars, and the closing scene where a young dancer is outside Portland Dancewear feeling inspired by a poster of Emmelia and Steve dancing the samba.