Georgia Petrali is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher of classical ballet, contemporary dance, movement and improvisation.

She was born in Crete, Greece. She studied classical and modern dance in England and continued her postgraduate dance studies in specialising in contemporary dance and choreography at the Rotterdamse Dansacademie in Holland with a grant from the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation. Having received a bursary, Georgia Petrali was Greece's first participation in the international dance festival – modern dance seminar, Dance Web in Vienna in the summer of 2000.

Abroad, she has taught classical ballet, contemporary dance and stretching at Helene Cazes’ Dance School (Fontainemelon, Switzerland), at the Dance Art Studio (Lucerne, Switzerland), at Evelyn Schuler’s Dance School (Stans, Switzerland) and at the Montessori school of Lucerne in Switzerland. She has also given a seminar on ballet and contemporary dance in Braga, Portugal.

In Greece she has taught movement, improvisation, contact, classical ballet and contemporary dance at the Studio KER (Chania, Crete), at the multipurpose arts venue ON (Chania, Crete), for the dance group ‘Synkinisi’ (Chania, Crete), for the theatre group ‘Writing Circle’ (Heraklion, Crete), at Horokinisi Dance School (Heraklion, Crete) and at Horokinisi Dance School (Rethymnon, Crete). She has given workshops and seminars on contact-improvisation for the municipality of Heraklion, at the Modulor Dance Space school (Athens), for the Cultural Association of Rethymnon and for the University of Crete (Heraklion, Crete). As a choreographer, she has worked with the theatre company of the University of Crete (Heraklion) and the 'Theatre of Crete' (Heraklion).

She danced with the John Carney’s Manc Dance Company in England in 1997 in the performance Masked Emotions, and with Jo Corrick’s Terpsicorrick Dance Company in the performance Sweet Sunny South. In 2000 and 2003 she collaborated with choreographer Doris Vuilleumier in Switzerland in the performances Entrange and L’Homme Qui Marche.

In 2003 she danced with Haris Mantafounis’ modern dance group in 2003 in Strangely Emotional. In 2004 she took part in the choreography team of Dimitris Papaioannou and Angeliki Stellatou as assistant choreographer for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and in 2005 worked with choreographer Natassa Zouka on The Earth’s Gaze and with New Zealander Carol Brown on Hertopia. In 2006 she collaborated with Artemis Ignatiou’s Art Company on Cold Water Traces and took part in the advertising spot for Greece 'Live your myth in Greece' and in a documentary for National Geographic.

The same year, she founded the dance group ‘Fysalida’, based in Heraklion, Crete to explore, create and present artworks through collaboration with artists, educators, therapists and scientists.

In 2007 she worked with Italian choreographer Luca Silvestrini (from Protein Dance Company) as an assistant on the performance ‘Crossroads’. In the same year she also presented the solo performance ‘Flock-the stargazer’ and the video-art piece ‘Flock-the glass fish’ as her own personal work.

As an improviser, she has danced at the 'Polis' multipurpose arts venue (Heraklion, Crete), at the theatre 'Pagopoieion 1st floor' (Heraklion, Crete) for the dance installation performance ‘Rooms’, at Giannis Charalambakis' painting exhibitions (Psychro-Athens) and for an art event by the same painter in collaboration with the band ‘Hainides’ (Heraklion, Crete).

In 2008 she directed and choreographed the film ‘wrinkles and dream' starring the picturesque neighbourhood of Agia Triada in Heraklion, Crete, for the Fysalida Dance Company. In 2009 the film took part in various festivals in Greece (Athens, Thessaloniki, Drama, Heraklion, Kilkis, Rethymnon, etc.) and abroad (Japan, Italy, Portugal, Bulgaria, Hungary and Jordan, etc.). The film won the prize in the Personal Travel category at the Art & Tur Film Festival in Poland and in April 2010 won the 2nd prize at the 8th International Culture and Tourism Conference 'Yperia 2010’ on Amorgos.

In 2009 Georgia Petrali directed and choreographed the video art piece and solo performance ‘Insect’. In the same year she also directed the video art piece 'The 7 deadlies in a relationship’ which was created for the Booze Cooperative festival in the summer of 2008 dealing with the 7 deadly sins.

In 2010 she is directing and choreographing the dance theatre performance ‘Moments of Metamorphosis’ in the village of Houdetsi, Crete. The characteristic of this specific production is that it uses a winery to stage the performance.