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Philly’s ballet dancer who kissed Portman

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Sergio Torrado, a principal dancer with the Pennsylvania Ballet, says, “Actress Natalie Portman is a good kisser.”The Spanish-born Torrado would know: He shared a sex scene with Portman while filming the movie “Black Swan.” Torrado was one of fourteen dancers from the Pennsylvania Ballet that appeared in the Golden Globe-nominated film.“The director, Darren Aronofsky, only told me about the sex scene an hour before taping because he wanted it to be natural,” Torrado said.The sequence took place on a table with Portman clad only in a bra and short skirt.The Pennsylvania Ballet dancers, who spent one month last January at the SUNY campus in Purchase, N.Y., dancing in the film, often worked 14 hours a day. As a thank-you gift, the film’s choreographer, the internationally renowned Benjamin Millepied, is creating a new ballet for the company that will premiere in April at the Merriam Theater.