Dance held by retired secretary-general (6)
I believe the answer is:
gyrate
'dance' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'held by retired secretary-general' is the wordplay.
'retired' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'held by' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'etaryg' is hidden in the letters of 'secretary general'.
'etaryg' backwards is 'GYRATE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gyrate that I've seen before include "Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis" , "Wind in a spiral" , "Turn" , "Move rapidly in a circle" , "Move with a circular motion" .)