What to Do in the D.C. Area This Weekend (Sept. 10)

Go see a John Philip Sousa ballet or take your dog to visit the composer’s grave.

Philadelphia Ballet

The Philadelphia Ballet is coming to Wolf Trap. (Courtesy of Philadelphia Ballet)

Thursday

Philadelphia Ballet at Wolf Trap

Filene Center, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, 8 p.m., $42 to $133

The Philadelphia Ballet brings a full-firepower performance of four ballets set to American music: Jerome Robbins’ “Fancy Free,” Eliot Feld’s “Variations on America,” George Balanchine’s “Who Cares?” and and his ballet set to John Philip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever.” Con: There’s no live orchestra playing Sousa. Pros: Jane Raleigh, the beloved former dance director of the Kennedy Center, will lead a panel discussion before the show, and one kid can come free with the purchase of each adult ticket.