doubt SC 4

[aditya8062]

To many critics, it seems strange for Ms. Tramonivic, 72, the legendary print and visual artist who almost singlehandedly brought performance art to the general public and to large venues, to be working on a small off-Broadway dance project.

A) for Ms. Tramonivic, 72, the legendary print and visual artist who almost singlehandedly brought performance art to the general public and to large venues, to be working on a small off-Broadway dance project.

B) that Ms. Tramonivic, 72, the legendary print and visual artist who almost singlehandedly brought performance art to the general public and large venues, be working on a small off Broadway-dance project.

C) that Ms. Tramonivic, who is 72 and the legendary print and visual artist that almost singlehandedly brought performance art to the general public and large venues, is working on a small off-Broadway dance project.

D) for Ms. Tramonivic, 72, the legendary print and visual artist who almost singlehandedly brought performance art to the general public, to large venues, and to be working on a small off Broadway dance project.

E) that Ms. Tramonivic, who is 72 and the legendary print and visual artist who almost singlehandedly brought performance art to the general public and large venues, to be working on a small off-Broadway dance project

my concern: is the construction "it seems strange for Ms. Tramonivic to be working on a small off-Broadway dance project." correct? i feel that the better construction would have been "it seems strange THAT Ms. Tramonivic worked on a small off-Broadway dance project"

kindly tell me whether the construction "it seems strange THAT Ms. Tramonivic worked on a small off-Broadway dance project" SUPERIOR to the construct "it seems strange for Ms. Tramonivic to be working on a small off-Broadway dance project.

thanks

[GMATGuruNY]

my concern: is the construction "it seems strange for Ms. Tramonivic to be working on a small off-Broadway dance project." correct? i feel that the better construction would have been "it seems strange THAT Ms. Tramonivic worked on a small off-Broadway dance project"

Sometimes it functions as an EXPLETIVE: a placeholder pronoun serving to delay the subject.
Generally, the delayed subject is an infinitive phrase or a that-clause.
It seems strange for Ms. Tramonivic to be working on a small off-Broadway dance project.
Here, it is standing in for to be working on a small off-Broadway dance project.
Conveyed meaning:
To be working on a small off-Broadway dance project seems strange for Ms. Tramonivic.

kindly tell me whether the construction "it seems strange THAT Ms. Tramonivic worked on a small off-Broadway dance project" SUPERIOR to the construct "it seems strange for Ms. Tramonivic to be working on a small off-Broadway dance project.

thanks

It seems strange THAT Ms. Tramonivic is working on a small off-Broadway dance project.
Here, the conveyed meaning is that a particular event -- that Ms. Tramonivic is working on a small off-Broadway dance project -- seems strange.
The intention of the original sentence is to convey that working on a small off-Broadway dance project seems strange FOR A PARTICULAR PERSON (Ms. Tramonivic).
While your version is correct, it changes the emphasis and thus conveys a slightly different meaning.

[Aman Ahuja]

Hi Mitch,
Why is C incorrect?

[Aman Ahuja]

Hi Mitch,
Why is C incorrect?

[GMATGuruNY]

Hi Mitch,
Why is C incorrect?

C: The legendary print and visual artist that almost singlehandedly brought performance art to the general public.
Here, that serves to refer to artist.
On the GMAT, that cannot serve to refer to a person.