Ballet dancer: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A person with a medium-light skin tone captured mid-pirouette, dressed in a classic ballet leotard and pointe shoes. They are balanced on one leg with arms raised gracefully above the head.
Usage Context
Used to discuss dance classes, theater performances, or general physical coordination. It is a popular way to react to artistic expression or to denote someone who is 'on their toes' regarding a situation. People often use this alongside ๐ to differentiate between professional training and casual dancing.
History
While the basic dancer emoji has been around since the early days of Unicode, the ability to modify skin tones for this specific character arrived in 2020 as part of the Emoji 13.0 update, aiming to provide more diverse representation for performers worldwide.
Details
Glyph
๐ง๐ผโ๐ฉฐ
Unicode
U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1FA70
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fc_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
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