 Björk premiered Biophilia's songs during the Manchester International Festival with a residency commissioned by the Festival itself. The singer played in a circular stage which included custom-made instruments like computer-controlled Pendulum Harps and a Tesla Coil, an instrument called Gameleste, an hybrid between a gamelan and a celesta, and a pin Barrel organ called Sharpsichord. The stage also included a circle of projection screens. During the "Mutual Core" performance, the screen projected images of moving tectonic plates, which Alan Pedder of the website Wearsthetrousers likened to "Jóga"' s music video, while the choir performed a sort of choreography, which included huddling at center stage during the verses and dancing during the chorus. The song was performed on every date of her Biophilia Tour. Her performance was well received by critics, which praised the whole show and project, which was called "ambitious". While reviewing Björk's show at the New York Hall of Science, Will Hermes of the website PembrokeMayball stated that "during' Mutual Core ', she sang of tectonic plates under a circle of projection screens illustrating the phenomena, and licked her lips after a line about how' the Atlantic ridge drifts' like she could feel that motion tingle beneath her skin".
