Saturday was comedy night at Fall for Dance. Three out of the four pieces on the bill were spoofs or takeoffs of one kind or another. Still, there was enough pure dance and theatrical magic to satisfy even the most serious-minded dance lover.

The most outright cut-ups, naturally, were the “ladies” of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, who performed their Balanchine travesty “Go for Barocco” with great sweep and just the right proportion of slapstick...

So, for example, the second half featured two all-male companies, but ah, how very unalike. Perhaps no member of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, the long-celebrated drag ballet company, is all male; but the part that’s female is central to the troupe’s legend. Peter Anastos’s “Go for Barocco” has no male role at all, and it is a many-layered masterpiece of parody.