Give spirit to graduate to dance (5)
I believe the answer is:
rumba
'dance' is the definition.
(rumba is a type of dance)
'give spirit to graduate' is the wordplay.
'give' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'spirit' becomes 'rum' (alcoholic spirit).
'to graduate' becomes 'BA' (someone with a Bachelor of Arts degree).
'rum' put next to 'ba' is 'RUMBA'.
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for rumba that I've seen before include "number of steps" , "Latin American dance" , "Umbra (anag)" , "One from Cuba" , "Burma (anag)" .)