Ah, dancing. Quite possibly the most primal form of self-expression, dancing is fun, even liberating. But it's that sense of liberation, along with too many gin and tonics, that leads to the dreaded D-face: the unfortunate expression captured mid-dance.

Far less excusable than the O-face, the mortifying D-face is sometimes awkward, sometimes acrobatic and sometimes, um, quite sexual. Napoleon Dynamite's hilariously absurd school-election dance pales in comparison to the D-faces featured within our cautionary gallery. Just don't laugh too hard -- it could happen to you.


Tragic Dancing Faces

    One picture is worth 1,000 Divinyls jokes.

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    Kama Sutra for Dummies Lesson #1: Must perform all positions without clothing.

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    He just saved a bunch of money on his car insurance by switching to GEICO!

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    And in that moment, she was no longer a middle-class housewife in small-town Ohio, but a Prima ballerina starring in "Swan Lake" before an audience of adoring fans.

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    The seductive tug of the belt coupled with that glassy stare makes you wonder if this nightclub has a proper screening process.

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    You don't tug on Superman's cape, you don't spit into the wind, you don't pull the mask off the Old Lone Ranger and you don't mess around with Jim, DDR extraordinaire.

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    Proof that nirvana can be achieved, even in techno clubs.

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    Her friends never warned her that dancing in a too-tight denim miniskirt could cause spontaneous combustion.

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    Captured at the exact moment the pee-pee dance went awry.

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    Finally, reverse sexism. It seems as though men take quite well to the stripper pole.

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