Odd tale about dance party trip (6)
I believe the answer is:
travel
'trip' is the definition.
(traveling is a kind of tripping)
'odd tale about dance party' is the wordplay.
'odd' indicates alternate letters.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'dance party' becomes 'rave' (I've seen this in another clue).
The alternating letters of 'tale' are 'tl'.
'tl' going around 'rave' is 'TRAVEL'.
(Other definitions for travel that I've seen before include "treatment for a narrow mind?" , "Locomotion" , "Make a journey" , "It is said to broaden the mind" , "Tourism" .)