Profil perdu (literally “lost profile”) is an art term that refers to the depiction of a figure that turns away its head, so that all the profile outline we can see is the one of its cheek. “We are myriad, all of us. Daisies. Witches. Alps. Masters. And skeletal little children, looking up at the enormity of Dad.” (Siri Hustvedt) These two passages can provide us with clues concerning Perfil Perdido, a constantly-mutating play that was created by Marco Martins in close collaboration with Beatriz Batarda and Romeu Runa, bodies worked as ever-unfolding, ever-changing memory repositories. Exploring the parents-children relationship, that arena where what is tameable and what is indomitable clash, Perfil Perdido deals with those issues of gender and affiliation, perception and conditioning, that are inherent to such experiences. Marco Martins pursues an inquest into representational forms by interweaving a variety of languages, references and speculations: from literature – texts by Sophie Calle, Kafka, Plath, Roth, Sophocles or Shakespeare – to performance art, dance, music, tap dancing or stage magic. Where do we belong? What is fiction and what is reality?