PETERSBURG, Va. — Next to Sherwin Williams on Sycamore Street in Petersburg is a dance studio called Sweet Disaster. The studio aims to paint a picture of positivity and put a small city on the map.
“Some girls reach out personally and let us know that, you know, ‘This is something great, I want to keep doing this. This gives me a reason to keep my grades up, to not be into violence, not fight,’ You know, it’s something positive,” Asharma Rives said.
Rives, her partner Erica Walker and Fifth Ward Council Member Howard Myers have all teamed up to let the battle for brilliance be inside the studio instead of out on the streets…