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Cooperate and produce drama as well as dance (4,4)

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I believe the answer is:

play ball

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'cooperate' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'produce drama as well as dance' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'drama' could be 'play' (synonyms) and 'play' is found within the answer.
'dance' could be 'ball' (ball is a kind of dance) and 'ball' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for play ball that I've seen before include "Most boys love to" , "Agree to comply with someone else's rules" , "meet a delivery?" , "perform service in court" , "go along" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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