Choreographer Julia Adam likes to weave together playful, unexpected metaphors in her works. In her elemental series, which started with a performance in 2014 at the Launch For Hire that took inspiration from the waters of Tomales Bay, she has been drawn to folktales. Last year, she staged a dance in Nicasio inspired by both Little Red Riding Hood and mycelium, the underground root network from which mushrooms grow. This month, Ms. Adam is staging “AIR: A Delicate Balance,” in Bolinas, which folds together the ozone layer, “Alice in Wonderland” and Amelia Earhart. “As I choreograph, I want many layers to pull on, not just one idea. It creates a complexity,” said Ms. Adam, a San Anselmo resident and a former principal dancer with the San Francisco Ballet who turned to choreography 14 years ago. The idea for AIR, which features seven dancers, originated when she drew a connection between the ozone hole and the hole that Alice falls through in Lewis Carroll’s famous tale. “I thought about those holes and someone falling into this world where there’s beauty and disruption,” she said. She also wants to explore both the lightness and the heaviness inherent in the idea of air, a vital element of survival. The performance is preceded by a farm-to-table dinner with veggies from Bolinas farms and meat from True Grass Farm in Sonoma County, co-organized by her husband, Aaron Lucich, who works in sustainable agriculture. “It’s part of the whole experience. You feast off the land, and then sit and watch this performance. For me it feels like a cohesive whole,” Ms. Adam said. “AIR: A Delicate Balance” takes place on the nights of July 15, 16, 17, 22, 23 and 24 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets, which are $200, are available at eventbee.com/v/air.