Hello.
I'm Kimberly Dye, president
of Dye-namic Movement Products,
Inc. a company I founded
in 1995 in order to make
available several movement
toys I designed that will
bring loads of fun to you,
your family, friends, business
partners, and especially
your children.
Many
of these ideas evolved
from using stretch fabrics
during my career as a professional
ballet dancer, a dance/movement
therapist, an exercise
instructor, and playtime
as a Mom. As an extremely
kinesthetic learner I am
always trying to find new
ways to experience the
joy of sensation and aliveness
in our bodies. Dancing,
moving, or exercising with
these lycra products can
quickly increase your energy
and transform your ability
to feel more connected
to yourselves and others.
The
idea and design for the
first product, ElastaBlast,
a circular, bungee-like
stretch band, evolved from
my first dance therapy
position on an inpatient
psychiatric unit. Trying
to keep psychotic, schizophrenic,
chronically depressed patients
together in a group was
beyond me. At the same
time, in 1986, many exercise
studios in New York were
using dyna-bands to increase
muscle strength and elasticity.
I imagined a large circle
of it for my hospital group
to hold on to which not
only facilitated individual
body strength and awareness
but kept them all connected
in a group.... without
physically touching! Though
the idea of using stretch
bands in dance/therapy
treatment was not new it
turned out, the specific
durable, tactile pleasing
design, quickly became
a success in the dance
therapy community and went
on to win the 1994 Parent's
Choice Gold Award.
Dancers,
and dance therapists are
often familiar with the
highly dramatic and physically
satisfying effects of stretch
fabric. Dye-namic Movement
Products, Inc.'s main goal
is to design safe and durable
ways of using it in both
individual and group educational,
therapeutic, and recreational
settings. We also offer
instructional videotapes
and CD’s.
Our
products are sold in major
educational and therapeutic
catalogues both nationally
and internationally. SPORTIME
is our main educational
distributor. Sportime's "Creative
Moves" catalog is our main
distributor to Expressive
Arts Therapists. SouthPaw
Enterprises supplies our
products to occupational
and physical therapists. |