“What is clear, (...) is the rich diversity of Émard's dance vocabulary and his suberb eye for detail and composition. Terrains Vagues is a superbly crafted piece of work and a fine acquisition for New Moves.”
Christopher Bowen, Scotsman, Glasgow, Scotland, March 1994

“Emard has said that he looks to touch an audience through their senses, not through their intellect and certainly in this piece he achieves it quite superbly. The movement creates atmospheres which trigger one's imagination in a host of directions - the most rewarding piece of choreography to be seen in this short season of Quebecois choreography.”
Mary Brennan, The Herald, Glasgow, Scotland, March 1994

“Émard succeeds in making his four dancers into true characters. They are all very good dancers, but they also turn in performances that put their technical skills to best use. With Terrains vagues, Sylvain Émard has made an important step in his artistic career. Not only because he has given life to a language, with all the desired complexity and subtlety, but also because he has demonstrated that dancers are above all human beings, a fact that new dance sometimes forgets (...).”
Pascale Navarro, Voir, Montréal, Canada, May 1993