Man dancing: light skin tone Emoji

People

A man wearing a suit or vest, mid-motion in a dance pose with one arm raised and his body angled. This specific version displays a light skin tone, representing the person behind the movement.

Usage Context

Use this to signal that you are heading to a party, excited for a night out, or feeling good enough to hit the floor. It is the go-to for celebrating good news or describing a fun, high-energy atmosphere. You will often see it paired with musical icons like 🎶 or 💃🏻 to invite someone to dance.

History

The man dancing was added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 3.0. It was introduced to balance the existing female-centric dancer emoji, allowing for better representation in digital conversations. The option to modify skin tones followed shortly after, using the Fitzpatrick modifier system to provide more inclusive versions of the character.

Details

Glyph

🕺🏻

Unicode

U+1F57A U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f57a_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD7A;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-activity

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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