东方红 The East Is Red 1/12

The East Is Red

"The East Is Red", premiered in 1964, was on a much larger scale and higher artistic standards. Therefore, it had a greater influence on the people.

The dance epic was created on the initiative of Premier Zhou Enlai. Employing the art forms of song, dance and poetry, it depicted the arduous struggle of the Chinese people to achieve victory from past hardships. The team of directors and choreographers was led by Chen Yading and Zhou Weizhi. Both of them were artists and administrators in art and literature circles. There were 29 choreographers led by Zha Lie involved in this work and rehearsals for the dance epic lasted for months. The premiere of the work and the following performances were all held at the Great Hall of the People.

"The East Is Red" featured a close-knit structure, powerful presentation, exquisite designs and superb artists. In addition to large amounts of new work, the dance epic also included many excellent songs and dances, which were created after the founding of the People's Republic of China and were popular among the people. These selections were arranged into the whole work appropriately. Nearly all of China's best-known singers, dancers and musicians at that time participated in the show --a total of 3,000 performers, including some art troupes from outside Beijing.

"The East Is Red" described the Chinese people's revolutionary history. The performance also served as a review of China's development in song and dance, as well as a review of the achievements of artists after the founding of the PRC. It became the most significant art performance since 1949. In 1965, "The East Is Red" was adapted into an art film and received accolades from both home and abroad. Even today, three decades after the premiere of the film "The East Is Red", whenever it is staged, it receives a warm welcome from the Chinese people.

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[Grapist217]

Stop arguing about America vs. China. They aren't very different from each other. Both suffer an un-democratic government and the evils of unregulated capitalism.

[SamualTLedbetter]

Stop arguing and enjoy this timeless and beautiful performance! Oh, but, long live the universal contributions of comrade Mao Zedong! :]

[AtheismCentral]

Top commentor doesn't understand Dengist influence on Socialist Chinese Economics.

[llewisddiaz]

if you watch the entire thing, it almost makes you cry because once china was a socialist wonderland before dengxiaoping gave up the glorious ideal of communism for imperialist capitalism

[Noobssuckass300]

guys....this was made BEFORE the cultural revolution....

[Corvusdotensis]

@VictorLepanto

US is one of the champions of slaughtering of its own population. Of course people died in Chinese Revolution, it was a revolution, as many people died during American Independence struggle, but today in China, you find the Han, you find artists, singers, communists, anticommunists... differently to America, which killed most of its own native population, today in America it's rare to see an indian, they were nearly 100% eliminated.

[Corvusdotensis]

@VictorLepanto

There are numerous stories of ppl who saw ghosts, that does not mean that they exist. What can be affirmed without proofs may be discharged without proofs.

The only greatest disasters of world is called United States of America, after Hitler, it's the only champion in mass murders, all of them documented, taped and even praised by its government, Lybia, Sudan, former Iugoslavia, Guatemala, Filipines, Cuba, Iraq... without counting its numerous supports to bloody tyrants.

[VictorLepanto]

@Corvusdotensis: There are numerous histories of WWII, there are numerous histories of the endless butcheries of the Maoist tyranny. The numbers are fairly consistant & the scholars have established a consensus. Including both Asia & European theaters, about 70 milloin died in WWII. Nearly 20 million died in China. On Mao; some people go as high as 70 million dead under his rule. Most low numbers hover around 40 million. Mao was one of the world's greatest disasters.

[Corvusdotensis]

@VictorLepanto

The funny thing at such ignorants is how people without any study, statistics or serious research can defend such foolishness with conviction, as if he/she was a PhD or better saying, God itself, fulfilled with all the science to be absolutely right about something.

[Corvusdotensis]

@VictorLepanto

Yeah, 40, 70 million, 100 million, the numbers always change according to the ignorance and hatress against China and Communism, then you just wake up.