When was the large-scale dance epic Dongfanghong created?

On October 2, 1964, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, we concentrated on the nation's famous artists in music, dance, poetry and fine arts, relying on collective wisdom, and collectively created and performed the large-scale music and dance epic "The East is Red", which was premiered at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. It takes the revolutionary historical songs that best reflect the spirit of the times at various stages of China's revolutionary history as the basic theme of the music of each scene, and changes and develops according to the needs of the content, shaping a large number of heroes, with a grand composition and magnificent momentum, and has made a new and significant achievement in the revolutionization of the art of song and dance, nationalization and massification.