A letter by Margot Fenley, who invited Fern and Ted to Australia, sharing reactions the students expressed after both of them had returned to the U.S.:
"[We] held debriefs with both the second and third year students and the feedback has been terrifically interesting. They were obviously all very excited by the work – even those who looked less confidently engaged […] They’ve made really great connections with singing and dance and have already begun exploring how the work you all did can help them. I loved a phrase from Kaya: he said that […] the idea of the [imaginary] body going before him when he dances  ‘clears the space for me’ and is allowing him to dance with greater ease. He … said employing qualities of movement has helped him approach dance as an actor and has made dancing much more fun. Lachie said that the notion of the whole self is helping him to realize that even if he isn’t technically perfect, if his whole self is invested, he is enough. Jess said that she re-found her love of dance… before coming to the VCA she spent a year in full-time dance and said that she’s realized that focusing in such a narrow way on aspects of her technique has actually made her a worse dancer than she was, so she is returning her attention to allowing her whole self to dance. She also said that the attention to the feet completely eradicated the cramping in her arches that she often suffers from […] Willow said she has realized what it is to sing ‘with my body, not just my mouth’. Nicola has discovered that ‘my body is something I can get answers from’. Max talked about having found the importance of 'being with myself’ and his realization that ‘singing is an experience’. The Third Years spoke about the qualities of movement being important physical vocabulary for dance. Emily said that the work helped her with the musicality of ballet.  […] Of course there were lots of things said about the application to acting and to their sense of themselves as students, artists and people too, but I thought I’d send you these because I found it so exciting to hear the creative application  to their other skill areas. […] So thank you – the ripple effect I think will be quite significant."