Ballet dancer: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A person with medium-dark skin depicted in a ballet pose, balancing on the tips of their toes while wearing a tutu and traditional ballet slippers. This figure captures the precise, elegant stance of a stage performer in motion.
Usage Context
Used to discuss dance classes, theatrical performances, or to show appreciation for grace and discipline. It is frequently sent alongside music notes or the ✨ sparkle emoji to signal an upcoming show or a personal accomplishment in dance.
History
The dancer emoji was originally released in 2010, but the expanded set of skin tone modifiers was introduced in 2015 via Unicode 8.0. This update allowed users to better represent the global diversity of dancers, moving beyond the default yellow person icon that had previously defined digital avatars.
Details
Glyph
🧑🏾🩰
Unicode
U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1FA70
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fe_200d_1fa70:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-activity
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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