Mira Sorvino — and Her Daughter! — Will Recreate Romy and Michele’s Iconic ‘Time After Time’ Routine on DWTS

Mira Sorvino is paying tribute to one of her favorite roles on Tuesday Dancing with the stars.

For Most Memorable Year Night, the 56-year-old actress and her partner Gleb Savchenko, 40, recreate a dance scene from Romy and Michele’s high school reunion — and they hear a very special guest: Sorvino’s 18-year-old daughter Mattea Backus!

The contemporary routine will be set to Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time,” an homage to the trio she performed with co-stars Lisa Kudrow and Alan Cumming in the 1997 cult favorite.

“I’m so excited because this week I get to make another dream come true, which is to dance with my daughter,” said the Oscar winner. Party tonight at rehearsals on Monday.

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Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino dance in ‘Romy And Michele’s High School Reunion.’.

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She continued: “Gleb choreographed this amazing dance to ‘Time After Time’ about the love between a parent and a daughter and, you know, it going away and coming back — but love always comes back and we always end up together. ”

“And it’s really beautiful,” she added.

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The Romy and Michele-inspired dance is not only a celebration of her daughter, but also her most memorable year: 2004.

“That’s the year I married my husband, Christopher Backus, and that year we had our first child, Matteo,” Sorvino said. ETadding that “her life has changed forever for the better”.

“My heart just got 10 times bigger and I love my kids, my family so much,” she continued. “And to have my daughter here today, it’s just fantastic!”

‘DWTS’ partners Gleb Savchenko and Mira Sorvino dance together during Disney Week.

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Mattea — who has been a ballet dancer for years, per ET — cheered on her mother in every episode and can’t wait to join her DWTS dance floor.

“We’ve never danced together before, except once inside Nutcrackerbut I was about 5 years old,” she said.

Of watching her mom, Mattea said, “It was so crazy. The first week I was so nervous watching her … then she came out and I was like, ‘Oh, she’s fine! She’s going to be fine.’

Tuesday night’s results are yet to be determined, but either way Mattea is sure “it’s going to be something I know we’re going to remember and cherish for the rest of our lives.”

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Sorvina’s mother-daughter dance will not be the only sentimental performance of the evening —

Tuesday’s episode will open with a moving tribute to the late head judge Len Goodman with Henry Mancini’s “Moon River.” The touching number — choreographed by Jenna Johnson and husband Val Chmerkovskiy — will be performed by both past and present pros, including judge Derek and co-host Julianne Hough (who are former professionals themselves).

Then 10 of the remaining 32 couples of the season will take the stage and perform dances of great personal significance. Here is the list by Parade:

• Alyson Hannigan and professional Sasha Farber will perform the Viennese Waltz to the song “Perfect” by Ed Sheeran.
• Xochitl Gomez and professional Val Chmerkovskiy will perform the Viennese Waltz to “Until I Found You” by Stephen Sanchez.
• Ariana Madix and professional Pasha Pashkov will perform the Viennese waltz to the song “Happier Than Ever” by Billie Eilish.
• Lele Pons and professional Brandon Armstrong will perform the contemporary song “I’ll Stand By You” by the Pretenders.
• Charity Lawson and professional Artem Chigvintsev will perform the contemporary song “Lose You to Love Me” by Selena Gomez.
• Jason Mraz and professional Daniella Karagach will perform a quickstep to “On the Road Again” by Willie Nelson.
• Harry Jowsey and pro Rylee Arnold will perform the contemporary song “Keep Your Head Up” by Andy Grammer (himself a season 21 contestant).
• Barry Williams and professional Peta Murgatroyd will perform a paso doble to “Born to Be Wild” by Steppenwolf.

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Dancing with the stars airs Tuesdays at 8pm ET/5pm PT on ABC and Disney+.

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