Wanda Koch

Wanda Koch, known professionally as Cynarra, began Belly Dancing in the mid-seventies. She is a longtime member of the Crescent Dancers, the Pioneer Valley’s premier Middle Eastern Dance Troupe, and has performed in numerous public and private venues all around New England. Wanda has also been teaching for many years.

Aside from the Abundant Wellness Center, she has taught at the Easthampton Community Center, the Lady Maidana Studios, Pathfinder Regional Vocational School in Palmer, MA, Holyoke Community College and the Hackworth School of Performing Arts in Easthampton, MA.

She has studied with many national and internationally known masters, and still performs regularly for all kinds of occasions, sharing the joy of belly dance and inspiring others to learn.