Find dance almost dead (8)
I believe the answer is:
discover
'find' is the definition.
(discovering is a kind of finding)
'dance almost dead' is the wordplay.
'dance' becomes 'disco' (I've seen this before).
'almost' means to remove the first letter.
'dead' becomes 'over'.
'over' with its initial letter removed is 'ver'.
'disco'+'ver'='DISCOVER'
(Other definitions for discover that I've seen before include "turn up" , "Find through searching" , "Find unexpectedly" , "Detect, find" , "Show up" .)