Dancer’s very visual awareness directed upwards (7)
I believe the answer is:
nureyev
'dancer's' is the definition.
(Rudolf Nureyev)
'very visual awareness directed upwards' is the wordplay.
'very' becomes 'v' (abbreviation).
'visual awareness' becomes 'eye'.
'directed' becomes 'run'.
'upwards' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'v'+'eye'+'run'='veyerun'
'veyerun' in reverse letter order is 'NUREYEV'.
(Other definitions for nureyev that I've seen before include "Austrian ballet dancer, 1938-93" , "Rudolf -, Russ. dancer" , "Rudolf -, Russian ballet dancer" , "Acclaimed Russian ballet dancer" , "Famous Russian ballet dancer" .)