Gerd Neggo was born in Kuressaare, Estonia, in 1891. She studied the Émile Jaques Dalcroze methodology in Stockholm, then studied modern dance and mime under Rudolf von Laban in his dance studio in Hamburg.

After specializing in the art of modern dance, Neggo returned to Tallinn and established her own dance school in 1924. She started teaching students adopting Laban’s modern dance technique. She organized many solo and group dances, including pantomimes. She and her group held performances at the Estonian Drama Theatre.

In 1944, during the Soviet occupation of Estonia, she and her husband Paul Olak migrated to Sweden. Neggo died in Stockholm in 1974.