Spirit shown by graduate in dance (5)
I believe the answer is:
rumba
'dance' is the definition.
(rumba is a type of dance)
'spirit shown by graduate' is the wordplay.
'spirit' becomes 'rum' (alcoholic spirit).
'shown by' says to put letters next to each other.
'graduate' becomes 'BA' (someone with a Bachelor of Arts degree).
'rum'+'ba'='RUMBA'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for rumba that I've seen before include "Latin beat" , "number of steps" , "Umbra (anag)" , "Cuban folk-dance" , "South American dance" .)