Sentence:  Because of the authentic homogeneity of his early Nationalistic materials , and his flair for orchestrations - his brilliant Petruchka , his savage Sacre du Printemps , his incisive Les Noces - the world kept hoping that he could recapture the historical <WSD>direction</WSD> for which his native talents were predisposed . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a general course along which something has a tendency to develop