Brown’s attempt to dance (5)
I believe the answer is:
tango
'dance' is the definition.
(tangoing is a kind of dancing)
'brown's attempt' is the wordplay.
'brown' becomes 'tan' (tan is a kind of brown).
'attempt' becomes 'go' (go is a kind of attempt).
'tan'+'go'='TANGO'
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for tango that I've seen before include "one followed by uniform" , "Dance; letter T" , "tee" , "T in radio alphabet" , "reputedly takes two" .)