Our guide to dance performances happening this weekend and in the week ahead.

BALLET FESTIVAL at the Joyce Theater (Aug. 16, 8 p.m.; Aug. 17, 2 and 8 p.m.; Aug. 18, 2 p.m.). Over the past couple of weeks, artists associated with Britain’s Royal Ballet have been taking turns curating programs for the Joyce’s annual midsummer gift to balletomanes. The fourth and final one belongs to the adventurous principal dancer Edward Watson. His lineup will begin with four short works — all duets and solos — by the choreographers Wayne McGregor, James Alsop, Laila Diallo and Javier de Frutos; the pieces will be performed by Watson, his Royal Ballet colleague Sarah Lamb and the former New York City Ballet dancer Robert Fairchild. Following the intermission, the three will come together in Arthur Pita’s “Cristaux” and will be joined by the City Ballet principal Maria Kowroski.

212-242-0800, joyce.org

BATTERY DANCE FESTIVAL at Robert J. Wagner Jr. Park and the Schimmel Center at Pace University (Aug. 16, 7 p.m.; Aug. 17, 6 p.m.). This annual international festival at the tip of Manhattan offers one more free outdoor performance on Friday. Participants include troupes from Austria and Curaçao and several artists based in the United States, including Battery Dance, the company founded by the festival’s organizer, Jonathan Hollander. Battery Dance appears again for the concluding, ticketed performance at the Schimmel Center on Saturday, joined by the Austrian and Curaçaon companies, as well as one from Lithuania and a young dancer from Iraq.

batterydance.org/battery-dance-festival