It’s the circle of dance life.

Despite a magical evening, one couple had to leave the happiest ballroom floor on Earth during the Nov. 2 Disney Night episode of Dancing With the Stars. 

Although they wowed the judges with a Paso Doble set to “Satisfied” from the musical Hamilton, Julia Stiles and her partner Ezra Sosa would no longer be in the room where it happens. 

“It’s been an incredible experience. I pulled things out of myself that I didn’t realize were there,” Stiles said through tears following the elimination. “And Ezra is just an amazing person. I’m going to be sad not to see him every day.”

Sosa was equally downhearted to be saying goodbye, especially because he had seen Stiles grow so much as a dancer throughout the experience.

“Just to see your growth in and outside the ballroom has been an absolute honor,” he told the Save the Last Dance actress. “I’m so lucky that I got to share this experience with you. I love you so much.”