Black background in PDFs from ai

I'm having a problem with various vector clipart created in Illustrator CS3. When exported as a PDF or placed in InDesign CS3 and then exported as a PDF, parts of the image that preview as transparent become black. I have attached a sample ai file with the original graphic and then the PDF error.
Please let me know if anyone has resolved this.
Thanks for the help.

Try select all on the dancer subject and do a Pathfinger>Divide while holding down the option key. I'm not sure what your are doing to Export a PDF because this is not one of the options in the Export dialog in Illustrator.

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