Washington Ballet puts on forceful performance with 'Stars and Stripes'

March madness came early as the Washington Ballet whirled through George Balanchine's tribute to John Philip Sousa this weekend. "Stars and Stripes" turns the buoyancy of Sousa marches and the crisp rhythms of military drills into a dandy drill of a ballet, borrowing as much from the Rockettes and the June Taylor Dancers as it does from the Marines.