Peppe Östensson

From IOSP

Founder and currently chairman of Nordic Stage Fight Society. Also Artistic Director for International Order of the Sword and Pen (IOSP) since 2001. Swedish born Peppe has worked as a teacher, actor and fight choreographer for theatre, television and film throughout Scandinavia. Started the international workshops in Sweden together with Maria Winton and Liv Wernborg. Beside creating and founding the International Nordic Stage Fight Summer program in 1992, he has taught at a number of stage fight workshops in Estonia, Canada and USA, and was made Honorary Fight Master by Fight Directors Canada in 2001. His credits include choreographing for The National theatre in Norway and Malmöbaletten in Sweden. Peppe was the first chairman of the NSFS (1995-97). In 2003 Peppe was re-elected chairman. He has coordinated the NSFS teacher certification tests.