Dance leaders of chamber orchestra approached at speed (7)

I believe the answer is:

coranto

'dance' is the definition.
(I know that coranto is a type of dance)

'leaders of chamber orchestra approached at speed' is the wordplay.
'leaders of' suggests taking the first letters.
'approached at speed' becomes 'ran to' (approached by running).
The initial letters of 'chamber orchestra' is 'co'.
'co'+'ranto'='CORANTO'

(Another definition for coranto that I've seen is " dance".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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