“In a fast-paced world marked by change (including climate change), Émard presents strong but gracious movement. The energy - very feminine energy - isvibrant, certainly not tranquil, and slightly magical.”
Ariane Fontaine, Jeu, Montréal, Canada, February 2009

“Everything about Émard's work [...] has an intensely poetic feel to it. [...] These pieces [Temps de chien and Wave] are profound excursions into how we inhabit our skins, our relationships, our environment. Plenty of choreographers set out with ground-breaking artistic ambitions: Émard has the intellect and creative ability to see his through.”
Mary Brenan, The Herald, Glasgow, Great Britain, March 23, 2009

“[...] a skilful integration of design and dance.””
Maggie Foyer, Dance Europe, London, Great Britain, November 2008

“[...] with an incredible mastery of dance vocabulary, Sylvain Émard presents [...] a very fluid piece that is visually and musically hypnotic, entrancing and captivating. [...] the five dancers perform with strength, conviction, magnetism and incredible sensuality, magnified by the geometric precision of gestures and movements that generate an energetic intensity. [...] If there were but five humans remaining, it would be women such as these - beautiful, tough, complicit, stubbornly fluid. It is an intense vision that remains with us long after leaving the theatre, pensive and suffused with sensation.”
Aline Apostolska, La Presse, Montreal, Canada, September 11, 2008

“Like nymphs from the end of time, the dancers in Wave give life and form to the final segment of Sylvain Émard's trilogy the Climatology of bodies. Slipping into a universe that at times evokes an ancient sea bed, at other times a fallout shelter, they prance and romp under an extraordinary light and to the roar and rumble of a muffled wave.”
Lili Marin, Le Devoir, Montreal, Canada, September 11, 2008

“A splendid unity of image, light, sound, and dance. Émard once again enchants us.”
Rolf Bosboom, PZC, Zeeland, Netherlands, August 28, 2008