Rising hero seen pursuing bishop in lively dance (9)
I believe the answer is:
rebellion
'rising' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'hero seen pursuing bishop in lively dance' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'hero' could be 'lion' (lion can mean a brave person) and 'lion' is located in the answer.
'bishop' could be 'b' (chess abbreviation) and 'b' is found in the answer.
'dance' could be 'reel' (reel is a kind of dance) and 'reel' is found within the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rebellion that I've seen before include "Boxers' movement" , "Insurgency" , "Rising" , "insurgence" , "Coup d'tat" .)