Dance fans knew Tamara Geva as a soloist in several Ballanchine works

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Meaning is crucial to solving this problem:
Understanding the intended meaning is key to solving this question; the intended meaning of this sentence is that dance fans knew Tamara Geva as a soloist in several Ballanchine works, as the dancer who introduced his choreography to the United States, and as a star in Broadway theater.

Concepts tested here: Parallelism + Pronouns + Modifiers + Grammatical Construction

• All elements in a list must be parallel.
• The pronoun “which” cannot be used to refer to human beings.
• “who/whose/whom/which/where”, when preceded by a comma, refer to the noun just before the comma.
• “who” can only be used to refer to a human being.

A: Trap. This answer choice fails to maintain parallelism among “as a soloist in several Ballanchine works”, “a dancer who introduced…United States”, and “as a star in Broadway theater”; please remember all elements in a list must be parallel.

B: Trap. This answer choice incorrectly uses the pronoun “which” to refer to “dancer”; please remember, “which” cannot be used to refer to human beings.

C: This answer choice fails to maintain parallelism among “as a soloist in several Ballanchine works”, “the dancer to introduce…United States”, and “as a star in Broadway theater”; please remember all elements in a list must be parallel.

D: This answer choice incorrectly modifies “several Ballanchine works” with “who introduced his choreography to the United States”, illogically implying that several Ballanchine works introduced his choreography to the United States; the intended meaning is that Tamara Geva introduced his choreography to the United States; please remember, who/whose/whom/which/where when preceded by a comma, refer to the noun just before the comma. Further, Option D incorrectly refers to "works" with "who"; please remember, "who" can only be used to refer to human beings.

E: Correct. This answer choice maintains parallelism among "as a soloist in several Ballanchine works", "as the dancer who introduced..the United States", and "as a star in Broadway theater". Further, Option E correctly modifies “Tamara Geva” with “as the dancer who introduced…United States”, conveying the intended meaning- that Tamara Geva introduced his choreography to the United States. Additionally, Option E correctly refers to the noun “dancer” - a human being - with the pronoun “who”.

Hence, E is the best answer choice.

To understand the concept of "Which/Who/Whose/Where" on GMAT, you may want to watch the following video (~1 minute):



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