Art form involving a rope (5)
I believe the answer is:
opera
'art form' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'involving a rope' is the wordplay.
'involving' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'rope'='arope'
'arope' with letters rearranged gives 'OPERA'.
(Other definitions for opera that I've seen before include "Verdi work?" , "art form" , "Macbeth for one" , "Grand or comic work?" , "Comic or grand entertainment?" .)