Long live the community showing animation (8)
I believe the answer is:
vivacity
'animation' is the definition.
(I know that vivacity is a type of high-spiritedness)
'long live the community' is the wordplay.
'long live' becomes 'viva' (I've seen this before).
'the community' becomes 'city' (I've seen this in another clue).
'viva'+'city'='VIVACITY'
'showing' is the link.
(Other definitions for vivacity that I've seen before include "Animated liveliness" , "Animation" , "Spiritedness" , "High-spiritedness" , "High spirits" .)