Ballet dancer: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A person with a dark skin tone performing a ballet move, typically depicted in a classic pose with one leg extended and arms raised. The figure wears a traditional leotard and slippers, capturing the grace of dance.

Usage Context

Used to discuss professional ballet, dance lessons, or theater arts. It is frequently employed to express elegance, poise, or to celebrate dance performances. It pairs well with other performance-themed icons like 💃 or 🩰 to set the scene for a night out or a recital.

History

The base dancer emoji has been part of the Unicode standard for years, but the ability to modify the skin tone was added in 2015 as part of an industry-wide effort to make digital communication more inclusive. The specific ballet dancer variant was later added to the standard in 2020 to provide more precise representation for dancers.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏿‍🩰

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1FA70

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3ff_200d_1fa70:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;‍&#xD83E;&#xDE70;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-activity

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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