At the same time, Ashton paid tribute to the Russian classical tradition of Marius Petipa, the cornerstone of his company.
Wilson felt obliged to pay his respects to the tradition he had inherited, and then moved on.
And we must pay tribute to the grand tradition of American sexual hypocrisy.
Mr. Maxwell's Daily News has not yet taken form, but the new owner quickly paid obeisance to the tradition he had kept alive.
An untitled still life by Lou Spitalnik, winner of the show's third prize, pays homage to the romantic tradition of lovely objects lovingly observed.
With its symmetrical patterns and clarity of design, "Diamonds" also pays tribute to the 19th-century Russian ballet tradition out of which Balanchine came.
The cooking pays homage to the rich culinary tradition of Emilia-Romagna, a northern region of Italy.
Louise pays an all-singing, all-dancing tribute to the tradition of English football songs.
His aims, one gathered, was to point up his educational pedigree and to pay tribute to his teachers and the tradition they represented.
The literature of these centuries has rarely attracted the scholarly attention paid to the earlier "high" classical tradition.