Laventa

Antonia Rodríguez Molina (born 1955), known professionally as Laventa, is a Spanish singer and dancer of flamenco music. She is noted as a pioneer of the new flamenco movement of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

She was born in Seville in La Venta de la Ranilla, the place from which she acquired her nickname and stage name "Laventa". She began her career dancing in the tablaos of Seville. In 1968, she danced at the La Cochera tablao and the following year she moved to the best tablao in the city. Blanco y negro magazine wrote: "Antonia Rodríguez Molina, from Seville, twenty years old, brunette and also beautiful. She's something like a woman [from the paintings] of Julio Romero".

Her singles with CBS include "Quiero volver" (1977), "Cuando me miras" (1978), "Me duele el corazón" (1979), and "Y amanecer" (1981). She also appeared in the Spanish film Vivir en Sevilla (1978), where she sang "Luna en el horizonte".

Discography Al compás del viento (1978) Valles y barrancos (1979) El amor que se va (1981)

Filmography Vivir en Sevilla (1978) Corridas de alegría (1982)