🎭 Performing arts
🎭 Emoji meaning
Curtains up! Tragedy, comedy, drama, heroes and villains.
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🎭 Meaning
Would you like to go to the theater with me? The two masks have their origin in the tragicomedy of the ancient Greek theater. One face smiles, the other one frowns. Represents the drama of the story, the good and the bad character, the hero of the story and his opponent.
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Commonly confused with
Same Shape
Person juggling vs performing arts; both relate to circus/theater, and 🤹 is broadly ‘performance’ in practice.
Performing arts vs circus tent; both stage/circus entertainment icons for shows and performances.
Artist palette vs performing arts; both generic ‘art’ icons used in culture/arts contexts.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Performing arts” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.
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