David Hockney's Video Installation 'A Bigger Space for Dancing' Captivates at Fondation Louis Vuitton Exhibition

David Hockney's 2012 video work 'A Bigger Space for Dancing' has become a standout feature in the 'David Hockney 25' exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, running through August 31, 2025. The installation consists of 18 synchronized digital videos displayed across 18 screens, capturing a 7-minute, 30-second performance filmed in Hockney's transformed studio. Dancers from London's Royal Ballet and the Rambert School company perform classical ballet and tap dancing sequences on a modernist yellow floor with simple colored rectangles, creating visual references to Vincent van Gogh and abstract pioneers like Kazimir Malevich and Wassily Kandinsky. The work's cubist approach fractures Renaissance perspective through multiple camera angles that slightly distort moving bodies. Hockney himself makes a cameo appearance at the conclusion, where participants raise glasses in a toast. The exhibition space mirrors elements of the video with its own yellow floor and rectangular painted forms, while two large facing mirrors reflect the scene. Instagram posts have documented live performances occurring within the installation. Critic Guillaume Basquin highlights the work as a significant aesthetic event in contemporary video art, breaking from established conventions.