Man dancing Emoji
People
A man wearing a suit jacket and dress pants, captured in a mid-motion dance pose with one arm raised in the air. The figure is shown in a classic disco stance reminiscent of 1970s nightlife culture.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to signal excitement, celebration, or a night out. It often denotes a carefree attitude or is used to invite friends to a party or concert. It serves as the masculine counterpart to the 💃 emoji.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 3.0, the man dancing was created to provide gender parity for the existing dancer character. Its design is widely recognized as a direct homage to John Travolta’s iconic pose from the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever.
Details
Glyph
🕺
Unicode
U+1F57A
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f57a:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory person-activity
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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