Ballet dancer: light skin tone Emoji

People

A person with light skin performing a ballet pose, standing on one leg with the other extended behind them and arms gracefully arched overhead. The figure wears traditional dance slippers and a simple practice outfit.

Usage Context

Used to discuss ballet, dance classes, or performing arts. It is frequently sent by students or professionals to signal they are heading to practice or to express appreciation for choreography. It pairs well with 💃 for general dancing or 🩰 to focus on the specific footwear and discipline.

History

While the base dancer emoji has existed since the early days of Unicode, the specific ballet dancer was added in 2020 as part of Emoji 13.0. It arrived to provide a more specific representation for athletes and performers, moving beyond the generic ballroom dancer icon that dominated early messaging platforms.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏻‍🩰

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1FA70

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fb_200d_1fa70:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;‍&#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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