Sun Shines At Night

On most moonlit Hanover nights Johnathan Recor Adv’15 can be seen performing around campus in an elaborate and somewhat frightening costume. Appropriately nicknamed the “Sun God” by Dartmouth students for the painted Venetian mask he dons, Recor has grabbed the attention of passersby and inspired plenty of bewildered looks. The student rounds out his look with black pants, shirt and cape. His selfdescribed “interpretive mime” and martial-art-inspired performances consist of him posing, strutting and resting to the accompaniment of soundtracks such as “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “The Return of the King,” which he blasts from mini speakers attached to his belt. It’s all part of Recor’s “Theater-on-the-Walk” project (his master’s thesis) and his quest to “find love,” he says. “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, that’s me,” Recor told the Valley News in October.