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 ''Bailando 2011'' was the seventh Argentinean season of ''Bailando por un Sueño''. The season premiere aired on May 16, 2011 on El Trece with 30 couples, including same-sex pairs for the first time in the Argentinean show – José María Muscar ...

''.

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,

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singer Alberto Bianco and a large cast of dancers directed by choreographer and

acrobat Acrobatics () is the performance of human feats of balance, agility, and motor coordination. Acrobatic skills are used in performing arts, sporting events, and martial arts. Extensive use of acrobatic skills are most often performed in acro d ...

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, ''

'' 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 Pole dance combines dance and acrobatics centered around a vertical pole. This performance art form takes place not only in gentleman's clubs as a form of erotic dance, but also as a mainstream form of fitness, practiced in gyms and dedicated ...

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 Estefanía Bacca and the magician, Emanuel. The lead supervedette and main attraction of the show was María Martha Serra Lima. The musical debuted in

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, 16 December 2011 in the theater, Candilejas I.

Personal life

Mónica de Listorti lives in

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and

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, 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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