Hack Charlie’s first dance (4)
I believe the answer is:
chop
'hack' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'charlie's first dance' is the wordplay.
'first' says to take the initial letters.
'dance' becomes 'hop' (hop is a kind of dance**).
The first letter of 'charlies' is 'c'.
'c'+'hop'='CHOP'
(Other definitions for chop that I've seen before include "Dissect" , "Thick slice of meat, often with rib" , "Cut - a piece of meat" , "Chinese seal" , "Piece of meat - the sack" .)