Rise for dances awkwardly (6)
I believe the answer is:
ascend
'rise' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'dances awkwardly' is the wordplay.
'awkwardly' indicates an anagram.
'dances' anagrammed gives 'ASCEND'.
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for ascend that I've seen before include "Climb, rise" , "Dances (anag.)" , "Take off" , "Come up" , "Scale" .)