Take place in dance clutching Eastern female (6)
I believe the answer is:
befall
'take place' is the definition.
(befalling is a kind of taking place)
'dance clutching eastern female' is the wordplay.
'dance' becomes 'ball' (ball is a kind of dance).
'clutching' is an insertion indicator.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'e'+'f'='ef'
'ball' going around 'ef' is 'BEFALL'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for befall that I've seen before include "Happen, occur" , "Happen to (someone)" , "Turn out" .)