Definitions
Anti-masque (also spelled antimasque) is a
comic or grotesque
dance
presented before or between the acts of a certain dramatic
composition known as a
masque. The anti-Masque is a
spectacle of disorder which usually starts or precedes the masque
itself. It is characterized by impropriety and is transformed by
the masque into goodness, propriety, and order, usually by the
King's presence alone.