Find dance very short (8)
I believe the answer is:
discover
'find' is the definition.
(I know that discover is a more specific form of the action find)
'dance very short' is the wordplay.
'dance' becomes 'disco' (disco can mean a dance event).
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'very' with its last letter removed is 'ver'.
'disco'+'ver'='DISCOVER'
(Other definitions for discover that I've seen before include "Be the first to find or see" , "Ascertain, unearth" , "turn up" , "Find out about divorces" , "Uncover, find" .)