. The art of Nijinsky . far; and now there are frowns,stampings of white tennis shoes, avertedeyes. But he didnt mean it. Oh was nothing but fun, you see. Wontthey kiss and be friends ? So t/iats all right,andCome for aromp,cries Scarlet-tie. Ill cut you a caper ! And they fall to the dance again, leapingand dancing over and in ^nd out of theflower-beds. Till at last, heated and breath-less, they sink, the three of them, silentlyto the ground. A dear and curly head ispillowed trustingly on each of Scarlet-ties broad shoulders. So comfy, theymight have lain there for ever. . 73 NIJINSKY B
. The art of Nijinsky . far; and now there are frowns,stampings of white tennis shoes, avertedeyes. But he didnt mean it. Oh was nothing but fun, you see. Wontthey kiss and be friends ? So t/iats all right,andCome for aromp,cries Scarlet-tie. Ill cut you a caper ! And they fall to the dance again, leapingand dancing over and in ^nd out of theflower-beds. Till at last, heated and breath-less, they sink, the three of them, silentlyto the ground. A dear and curly head ispillowed trustingly on each of Scarlet-ties broad shoulders. So comfy, theymight have lain there for ever. . 73 NIJINSKY But all at once, out of nowhere, flop !A great white ball comes bounding andbouncing into the midst of them. Theyjump up, frightened, suddenly self-con-scious. What was it ? Something—someone ? Well, obviously theres only one thingto do now. And before you can countthree, the garden is empty. Only the big white india-rubber ballrolls lazily back down stage to settleitself somewhere, at last, among thefootlights. 74. CHAPTER V THE NEW PHASE In art, as in almost every sphere ofhuman life, a deadly war is waged byeach successive generation round thetraditional legacies of its predecessor. Inthis warfare the odds are always heavilyin favour of the assailant. Only thattradition which carries the seed of youngvitality can persist. For it is obviousthat tradition needs for its complete pro-cess not only the faculty of handing down,but also the grace of being received, so thatwe may almost take it as an axiom thatthe worth of any tradition is nicely pro-portionate to its ability to attract theallegiance, or at least the active interest, U NIJINSKY of the most important individuals of thenew generation. Oddly enough, the said important in-dividuals are often just those who appa-rently owe least to what has gone humdrum student follows his teacher^with all the reverence that is fit. Butyour dominant force is always somethingof an anarchist. Whence arises that dis-repute in wh
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