Furthermore, the corps ballet's costumes were designed by Zack Brown (for the American Ballet Theater), and slightly adapted by Westcott and her costume design department.

Mr. McKenzie's take on Petipa-Ivanov tradition is not radical, nor is the hyper-traditional décor by Zack Brown.

Marcello Panni will conduct; Otto Schenk is to be the director and Zack Brown, the designer.

Still another is condensing the ballet into two acts, posing a challenge for the set and costume designer, Zack Brown.

The entire production, including new sets by Zack Brown and costumes by Holly Hynes (all being made in Canada), has been designed to fit into three trucks for touring.

Tom Lingwood's dark and dense garden was substituted for the usual set by Zack Brown, which a company spokeswoman said did not fit on the City Center stage.

Sets and costumes are designed by Zack Brown, who has been working with Mr. Lustig since he arrived at American Repertory last year.

The sets have been slightly reconceived and simplified by Zack Brown, since the Kennedy Center plans to tour the ballet (perhaps to the New York area?)

For next season, he has already begun work with Zack Brown on a new "Nutcracker."

And it all occurs in stylized one-note plazas and interiors designed by Zack Brown, with costumes in predominant tones of pale yellow, pink, mint and lilac.