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' with letters rearranged gives 'ASCEND'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for ascend that I've seen before include "Climb, rise" , "Dances (anag.)" , "Take off" , "Come up" , "Scale" .)