Zaira Cosico

[1] She is one of a few successful scholars of Liza Macuja's dance company, Ballet Manila.

She has also worked with Viktor Savaliev, Sergey Vikulov and Evgeny Scherbakov.

In her career she has joined Ballet Manila in their European tours in Russia (2001 & 2005) and Scotland at the 2004 Aberdeen International Youth Festival.

She has also joined the company’s Asian performances, particularly in the 2005 Andong International Mask Dance & Folk Arts Festival in South Korea, the 2006 Angkor-Gyeongju World Culture Expo in Cambodia, the 2007 Gyeongju World Performing Arts Festival 2007 held in Gyeongju, South Korea and most recently the Nan-Ying International Folklore Festival 2007 in Nan-Ying, Taiwan.

In 2008, Cosico won third prize[3] in the National Music Competition for Young Artists (NAMCYA) Senior Division.