“Meet Up presents a wonderful opportunity for our young artists to experience a variety of diverse dance practices. We can struggle, a little, on our beautiful island home, from isolation and lack of new information. I really feel Meet Up will be invaluable for our dancers but also for the Organisation, and for me.“

Caitlin Comerford - Artistic Director

Meet Up is a biennial gathering of Australian youth dance companies, organised by QL2 Dance and held in Canberra in the off-year of the Australian Youth Dance Festival (Melbourne). Meet Up is an opportunity for youth dance company leaders and young dancers to maintain national connections, discuss important issues and opportunities, share knowledge and skills, and perform their work on one of Canberra’s main stages, Canberra Theatre Centre Playhouse.

After being postponed due to covid, Meet Up returns in July 2023. Six youth dance companies from across Australia will connect with ACT’s QL2 Dance young dancers and local independent dance artists to share and create. The 4-day event will culminate in a forum on creative collaborative processes with the companies followed by a performance of the companies’ innovative works offering Canberra audiences a taste of the next generation of Australian creators.