I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "animation" but here is an example of using the progress bar while controlling the speed of progression: http://jsfiddle.net/526hM/
Html:
Script:
$(document).ready(function(){
var interval = 2, //How much to increase the progressbar per frame
updatesPerSecond = 1000/60, //Set the nr of updates per second (fps)
progress = $('progress'),
animator = function(){
progress.val(progress.val()+interval);
$('#val').text(progress.val());
if ( progress.val()+interval < progress.attr('max')){
setTimeout(animator, updatesPerSecond);
} else {
$('#val').text('Done');
progress.val(progress.attr('max'));
}
}
setTimeout(animator, updatesPerSecond);
});