Dance with a famous American artist (6)
I believe the answer is:
hopper
'famous american artist' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'dance with a' is the wordplay.
'dance' becomes 'hop' (hop is a kind of dance).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a' becomes 'per' (eg 'one a day' means 'one per day').
'hop'+'per'='HOPPER'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hopper that I've seen before include "Cricket, perhaps" , "Edward --, US artist" , "One-legged" , "agricultural machine?" , "Funnel-shaped receptacle leading to a container below" .)