Mónica Andrea González Merlo de Listorti () is an

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professional theater dancer and vedette, as well as the wife of TV host and comedian José María Listorti. González participated in Argentina's version of ''

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'', '' Bailando 2011''.

Career

El Fondo Puede Esperar

In 2005 after many struggles to be cast in theater being that she auditioned to be a back up dancer and measures tall, she found her break in the comedy musical ''El Fondo Puede Esperar'' in where she was cast as a simple dancer. The musical starred comedians José María Listorti and Alvaro "Waldo" Navia, former runway model Denise Dumas, tango singer Alberto Bianco and a large cast of dancers directed by choreographer and acrobat Flavio Mendoza. This is where she and José María met each other. Even though she was cast as a back-up dancer, González stood out as a big star in the musical, having little lead roles and being turned into the lead dancer.

Bailando

Mónica González participated in the reality dance competition, '' Bailando 2011'' with professional dance partner Maximiliano D'Iorio. She was replaced by

model and actress

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in round 7–10 because of a leg injury that González suffered while practising her pole dance choreography. González was eliminated in the Merengue round by her husband's hosting partner Denise Dumas.

El Anfitrión

In 2011 González was offered to star in the 2011–2012 theater season musical ''El Anfitrión'' as the 1st vedette. She was accompanied by her Bailando professional dance partner Maximiliano D'Iorio as the first dancer. The show's creative director was the Austrian vedette,

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. Also in the show as the actor-comedian was "Cacho" Buenaventura, second vedette, acrobat-dancer

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and the magician, Emanuel. The lead supervedette and main attraction of the show was

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. The musical debuted in

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, 16 December 2011 in the theater, Candilejas I.

Personal life

Mónica de Listorti lives in Buenos Aires and Córdoba, Argentina. She's married to José María Listorti, father of her son Franco (b. 1 November 2009). Their civil wedding was on 1 November and their wedding in church was on 3 November 2012.

References

External links

''ElTreceTV.com info page on Mónica (in spanish)''
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